---
title: "Deprecation: #78899 - TCA ctrl field requestUpdate dropped"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-78899"
source: "Changelog/8.6/Deprecation-78899-TCACtrlFieldRequestUpdateDropped.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #78899 - TCA ctrl field requestUpdate dropped

See [forge#78899](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/78899)

## Description

The `TCA` `ctrl` configuration option `['ctrl']['requestUpdate']` has been dropped.
This option was often used together with `displayCond` fields to re-evaluate display conditions
if referenced fields changed their value. Typically, a "Refresh required" popup is raised to the editor
in those cases, if the editor did not disable that.
The field has been moved and is now located within the `['columns']` section of the single field
as `'onChange' => 'reload'`.

## Impact

The field is just moved from `ctrl` section to the single field `columns` section. An automatic
TCA migration does that and logs deprecation messages.

## Affected Installations

All `TCA` tables that use `requestUpdate` in `ctrl` section.

## Migration

Monitor the deprecation log for according messages, remove the `ctrl` field and
add `'onChange' => 'reload'` to fields listed in `requestUpdate` parallel to `label`
and `config` section of the field in question. The option can be added to multiple fields.