# Add graceful reload action to services API

**Project:** API | **Board:** Live | **Votes:** 1
**URL:** https://roadmap.ploi.io/projects/6-api-level-requests/items/1499-add-graceful-reload-action-to-services-api

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The current services API only exposes a restart action:

POST /api/servers/{server}/services/{service}/restart

For nginx in particular, a full restart drops in-flight connections, which makes it unsafe to use in automated workflows (SSL renewals, deploys, etc.).

**Request:**
Add a reload action that maps to a graceful reload where the underlying service supports one (nginx -s reload, php-fpm reload, supervisorctl reread/update, etc.):

POST /api/servers/{server}/services/{service}/reload

For services without a meaningful reload, the endpoint could either 404 or fall back to restart with a flag in the response.

Confirmed in Discord on April 30 that no such endpoint currently exists.