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Burp task execution engine paused

Jeevesh | Last updated: Aug 26, 2024 09:58AM UTC

I am using the below command to start my burp pro instance. Everytime I launch it burp launches with task execution paused. Is there a way to enable it by default? command: java -jar burp.jar --config-file=project-config.json --user-config-file=user-configs.json I tried changing the pause_tasks_at_startup_default to false in the user-configs.json, but still it starts burp instance with task execution paused. I am using burp pro version 2024.6.6.

Hannah, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 26, 2024 10:50AM UTC

Hi You can use the argument "--unpause-spider-and-scanner". For a more thorough list of arguments you can add, please check out our documentation here: https://portswigger.net/burp/documentation/desktop/troubleshooting/launch-from-command-line

Jeevesh | Last updated: Aug 27, 2024 05:41AM UTC

Hi, Thanks for sharing this. This solves my issue if i try to open an existing project, but, if i am creating a new project the task execution is still disabled.

Hannah, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 29, 2024 12:21PM UTC

How are you creating the new project? Are you going through the startup wizard, or are you using the "--project-file" argument?

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