FlutterFlow Desktop Hot Reload button does not trigger reload, while terminal hot reload works

[ajaniewiem]

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Current Behavior

In FlutterFlow Desktop Local Run, the app builds and runs successfully on the iOS simulator.

However, clicking the Hot Reload button in FlutterFlow Desktop does not trigger a real Flutter hot reload. The app UI does not update, I can see a snackbar Hot Reloading App... but the local run log does not show:

Performing hot reload...
Reloaded ... libraries...

If I press r in the Local Run Logs, hot reload works correctly and changes are applied.

So Flutter hot reload itself works for this project; the issue appears to be that button in the FlutterFlow Desktop is not forwarding the hot reload command to the active local run session.

Expected Behavior

Clicking the Hot Reload button in FlutterFlow Desktop should behave the same as pressing r in the Local Run Logs.
The running app should update without requiring a full restart.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the project in FlutterFlow Desktop.
2. Start Local Run on iOS simulator.
3. Wait until the app builds and starts successfully.
4. Make a simple visible UI/text change.
5. Click the Hot Reload button in FlutterFlow Desktop.
6. Observe that the app does not update and the log does not show Performing hot reload....
7. Press r in the Local Run Logs.
8. Observe that hot reload works correctly from terminal.

Reproducible from Blank

• The steps to reproduce above start from a blank project.

Bug Report Code (Required)

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Visual documentation

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Environment

- FlutterFlow version: 7.0.8
- Platform: MacOS Desktop
- Operating system: macOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56)

Additional Information

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