From: Aleš Mrázek <ales.mrazek@nic.cz>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 11:47:53 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: client: reload: added --force flag
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6296843cfa3c73f72c1f872fc9b594cde0981a6;p=thirdparty%2Fknot-resolver.git

client: reload: added --force flag
---

diff --git a/doc/user/manager-client.rst b/doc/user/manager-client.rst
index 68acc9dcf..5978caabb 100644
--- a/doc/user/manager-client.rst
+++ b/doc/user/manager-client.rst
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ single ``kresctl`` command.
 
     Requires a connection to the management API.
 
+    .. option:: --force
+
+        Force a reload, even if the configuration hasn't changed.
+
 
 .. option:: stop
 
diff --git a/python/knot_resolver/client/commands/reload.py b/python/knot_resolver/client/commands/reload.py
index c1350fc55..26d0a24f6 100644
--- a/python/knot_resolver/client/commands/reload.py
+++ b/python/knot_resolver/client/commands/reload.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from knot_resolver.utils.requests import request
 class ReloadCommand(Command):
     def __init__(self, namespace: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         super().__init__(namespace)
+        self.force: bool = namespace.force
 
     @staticmethod
     def register_args_subparser(
@@ -21,7 +22,12 @@ class ReloadCommand(Command):
             " Old processes are replaced by new ones (with updated configuration) using rolling restarts."
             " So there will be no DNS service unavailability during reload operation.",
         )
-
+        reload.add_argument(
+            "--force",
+            help="Force a reload, even if the configuration hasn't changed.",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+        )
         return reload, ReloadCommand
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ class ReloadCommand(Command):
         return {}
 
     def run(self, args: CommandArgs) -> None:
-        response = request(args.socket, "POST", "reload")
+        response = request(args.socket, "POST", "reload/force" if self.force else "reload")
 
         if response.status != 200:
             print(response, file=sys.stderr)