From c7ed47234e51fd849280c5b30cac7f7ccfda2c3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Cranford <chris@hibernate.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:36:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Delegate reloading to `ScriptLanguage`

---
 core/object/script_language.cpp         | 25 +++++--------------------
 doc/classes/ScriptLanguageExtension.xml |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/object/script_language.cpp b/core/object/script_language.cpp
index 4689916cc2..9da2e5561a 100644
--- a/core/object/script_language.cpp
+++ b/core/object/script_language.cpp
@@ -189,27 +189,12 @@ void Script::_bind_methods() {
 
 void Script::reload_from_file() {
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
-	// Replicates how the ScriptEditor reloads script resources, which generally handles it.
-	// However, when scripts are to be reloaded but aren't open in the internal editor, we go through here instead.
-	const Ref<Script> rel = ResourceLoader::load(ResourceLoader::path_remap(get_path()), get_class(), ResourceFormatLoader::CACHE_MODE_IGNORE);
-	if (rel.is_null()) {
-		return;
+	if (Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint() && is_tool()) {
+		get_language()->reload_tool_script(this, true);
+	} else {
+		Array scripts = { this };
+		get_language()->reload_scripts(scripts, true);
 	}
-
-	set_source_code(rel->get_source_code());
-	set_last_modified_time(rel->get_last_modified_time());
-
-	// Only reload the script when there are no compilation errors to prevent printing the error messages twice.
-	if (rel->is_valid()) {
-		if (Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint() && is_tool()) {
-			get_language()->reload_tool_script(this, true);
-		} else {
-			// It's important to set p_keep_state to true in order to manage reloading scripts
-			// that are currently instantiated.
-			reload(true);
-		}
-	}
-
 #else
 	Resource::reload_from_file();
 #endif
diff --git a/doc/classes/ScriptLanguageExtension.xml b/doc/classes/ScriptLanguageExtension.xml
index 78f2ef7a6c..bc527d9394 100644
--- a/doc/classes/ScriptLanguageExtension.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/ScriptLanguageExtension.xml
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@
 			<param index="0" name="scripts" type="Array" />
 			<param index="1" name="soft_reload" type="bool" />
 			<description>
+				Reloads all [param scripts] from disk and the specifics of how that happens is [ScriptLanguageExtension] specific.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="_reload_tool_script" qualifiers="virtual required">
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@
 			<param index="0" name="script" type="Script" />
 			<param index="1" name="soft_reload" type="bool" />
 			<description>
+				Reloads the given [param script] from disk and the specifics of how that happens is [ScriptLanguageExtension] specific.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="_remove_named_global_constant" qualifiers="virtual required">