On 08/19/2011 10:50 AM, John Mitchell wrote: > 3. SP metadata file is changed. > 4. IdP never reloads the new SPs metadata and a restart is required. Might try adding cacheDuration to the metadata file itself: <EntitiesDescriptor xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" ... cacheDuration="PT15M"> Tom.