{"version":"2.1.261","anchor":"new-sdk-reloadoutputstyles-method","canonical_anchor":"new-sdk-reloadoutputstyles-method","heading":"Output styles can now be hot-reloaded","tier":"use","area":"SDK","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.261\/e\/new-sdk-reloadoutputstyles-method","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.261","markdown":"### Output styles can now be hot-reloaded\n\nThe SDK can now reload output styles mid-session with a new method.\n\nA new SDK query method mirrors the existing `reloadPlugins`\/`reloadSkills` pattern for output styles: it sends a `reload_output_styles` control-request subtype, which is validated in the request schema and handled by the runtime's control-request switch.\n\nThe reducer that handles cross-process sync actions (`mcp_reconnect`, `reload_plugins`, `reload_skills`, etc.) gained a matching `reload_output_styles` case, so output styles can now be hot-reloaded the same way plugins and skills are.\n\n- Area: SDK\n- Names: `reloadOutputStyles`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}