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Forcing Burp to open w/ scanner unpaused?

Sam | Last updated: Sep 06, 2016 08:42PM UTC

Is is possible to force Burp to open in a state which scans are forcibly unpaused? I'm working on a project where we call doActiveScans() to a single entry from getProxyHistory(), and upon clicking on the "Scanner" tab, the scans in queue are marked as "waiting".

PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Sep 07, 2016 08:28AM UTC

In the startup wizard, when reopening an existing project, there is a checkbox option whether to pause the Spider and Scanner. You just need to uncheck that and they won't be paused. If you are aiming to drive Burp in a purely automated way via the API, then you can launch Burp in headless mode, and the Scanner will never be paused.

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