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How to update the proxy settings (.pac file is modified) without rebooting Firefox?

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How to update the proxy settings without rebooting Firefox? I have a .pac file with a proxy configuration. When I modifie this .pac, I would like that Firefox update the settings to consider the new .pac content.

How to update the proxy settings without rebooting Firefox? I have a .pac file with a proxy configuration. When I modifie this .pac, I would like that Firefox update the settings to consider the new .pac content.

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You can do that with the Prefbar extension and the Reload PAC button.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/67148/ - PrefBar http://prefbar.mozdev.org/buttons.html#reloadpac

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Is there a way to configure Firefox so that the browser checks the pac file every time it makes a request? I know this will impose more load. But I want to use a pac file that will change many times throughout the day and I can't expect my users to know to hit a particular update button no matter how easy and accessible it is.