From 7b771ac44d3dc5d72120301eb76f4c947da059be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dajiaohuang <mikewushuwen@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:44:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Forward FastAPI reload scope options

---
 dash/backends/_fastapi.py                     |  6 +++
 .../backend_tests/test_preconfig_backends.py  | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dash/backends/_fastapi.py b/dash/backends/_fastapi.py
index daec8fbc8c..b50f0d56ee 100644
--- a/dash/backends/_fastapi.py
+++ b/dash/backends/_fastapi.py
@@ -463,6 +463,12 @@ def run(self, dash_app: Dash, host, port, debug, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=R
             ]
             if kwargs.get("reload"):
                 uvicorn_args.append("--reload")
+                for directory in kwargs.get("reload_dirs") or []:
+                    uvicorn_args.extend(["--reload-dir", str(directory)])
+                for pattern in kwargs.get("reload_excludes") or []:
+                    uvicorn_args.extend(["--reload-exclude", str(pattern)])
+                for pattern in kwargs.get("reload_includes") or []:
+                    uvicorn_args.extend(["--reload-include", str(pattern)])
 
             dev_tools = dash_app._dev_tools  # pylint: disable=W0212
             config = dict(
diff --git a/tests/backend_tests/test_preconfig_backends.py b/tests/backend_tests/test_preconfig_backends.py
index 2e4b28ea1c..2c492658e4 100644
--- a/tests/backend_tests/test_preconfig_backends.py
+++ b/tests/backend_tests/test_preconfig_backends.py
@@ -353,3 +353,53 @@ def test_fastapi_catchall_request_context(dash_duo):
 
     resp = requests.get(f"{dash_duo.server_url}/some/non-dash/path", timeout=5)
     assert resp.status_code == 200
+
+
+def test_fastapi_run_forwards_reload_scope():
+    """Forward reload include, exclude, and directory options to uvicorn."""
+    import inspect
+    import os
+    from types import SimpleNamespace
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+    from fastapi import FastAPI
+    from dash.backends._fastapi import FastAPIDashServer
+
+    server = FastAPIDashServer(FastAPI())
+
+    class DashApp:
+        _dev_tools = {}
+
+    app = DashApp()
+    caller_frame = inspect.currentframe()
+    stack_frame = SimpleNamespace(
+        filename=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "tests", "backend_tests", "test.py"),
+        frame=caller_frame,
+    )
+
+    with patch("dash.backends._fastapi.subprocess.Popen") as popen, patch(
+        "dash.backends._fastapi.inspect.stack", return_value=[None, None, stack_frame]
+    ):
+        server.run(
+            dash_app=app,
+            host="127.0.0.1",
+            port=8050,
+            debug=False,
+            reload=True,
+            reload_dirs=["app", "src"],
+            reload_excludes=["tests/*"],
+            reload_includes=["*.py"],
+        )
+
+    args = popen.call_args.args[0]
+    assert args[-9:] == [
+        "--reload",
+        "--reload-dir",
+        "app",
+        "--reload-dir",
+        "src",
+        "--reload-exclude",
+        "tests/*",
+        "--reload-include",
+        "*.py",
+    ]
+    popen.return_value.wait.assert_called_once_with()

From 89563d048195a77fff45d3ca0ede34191d6c7e8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dajiaohuang <mikewushuwen@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:16:27 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add FastAPI reload scope changelog entry

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c26ffcade3..7f2b20fbe7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 - [#3948](https://github.com/plotly/dash/issues/3948) Fix page getting progressively slower as callbacks append children
 
 ### Changed
+- [#3987](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/3987) Forward FastAPI reload scope options (`reload_dirs`, `reload_excludes`, and `reload_includes`) to Uvicorn when reloading.
 - [#3986](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/3986) Adjusted the `_run_before_hooks` inf `fastapi` backend to allow for a return value in the event that a `before_request` function returns a response. This is more aligned with how the `before_request` hooks work in the `flask` backend.
 
 ## [4.4.1] - 2026-07-21