# In a plugin, how can I force clients to re-load extra-locales file?

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**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-a-plugin-how-can-i-force-clients-to-re-load-extra-locales-file/233539 "2022-07-21T13:17:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-a-plugin-how-can-i-force-clients-to-re-load-extra-locales-file/233539/10 "2022-07-22T11:39:39Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> The version number is only evaluated at bootstrap I believe

Did you try to call `ExtraLocalesController.clear_cache!` after you make changes to extra-locales? It should recalculate the version during the next request.

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