GlobalSettings onStart fires only after first request

Question

I need to run some code only once when I starts the play server. When using the GlobalSettings.OnStart() I notice that the code is executed only after the first (http) reque

Answer 1

You can emulate that (or I should say, workaround this unfortunate dichotomous design), by using this plugin, which, I find useful also in general:

addSbtPlugin("com.jamesward" % "play-auto-refresh" % "0.0.11") (plugins.sbt)

And no, it is not really currently documented in any right place, that this is how OnStart works.