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if I put my oathkeeper rules in an HTTP:// url, how can I ask oathkeeper to re-read the contents of the URL if it changes?
I cannot see a reload API request. There have been some discussions about this but I cannot see any definitive answer.
<https://archive.ory.sh/t/15885395/under-what-conditions-does-oathkeeper-reload-access-rules-fr>
<https://community.ory.sh/t/oathkeeper-rule-management/1420>
<https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper/discussions/659>

Reload from HTTP ist not implemented at this time.

ok, thanks for a definitive answer, even if it was not the one i wanted.

You might try to work with the <https://github.com/ory/oathkeeper-maester|Oathkeeper Maester>, which acts like a controller that can force a reload of Oathkeeper rules and files from file changes.  Then you could hook something to the volume you assign in Kubernetes or Docker to trigger the change.