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How do I start a scan straight from the Targets list?
Click the ▷ Scan button on the target's row in the Targets list. The scan starts at once and is durable, so you can close the page. Follow it under Recent Scans. For a specific profile, use the Scan button on the target page.
You do not have to open a target to run it. Each row in the Targets list has its own scan button.
Steps
- Click Targets in the sidebar.
- Find the target in the list, using the search box above the table when you have many of them to look through.
- Press ▷ Scan in the Actions column, where the tooltip is "Scan this target".
- Go to Recent Scans, where the newest row opens the scan detail page when you click it.
- Watch the phase, live cost and tokens while it runs, and expect lines of code too on a white-box scan.
Good to know
Starts are quick. Your scan begins straight away and keeps running on the server, so closing the tab does not stop it. A typical scan of a small app takes roughly an hour. Rate limits make a scan slower, but they never make it fail, so a long run is not a sign that something broke.
| Where you click Scan | What it runs |
|---|---|
| Targets list row | The target, from the list |
| Target page, profile row | That exact profile |
| Scan Profiles list | That profile |
| Recent Scans row | A re-run of an earlier scan |
A scan needs a scan profile, because the profile holds the scope, login roles and reporting rules. If the target has none yet, open it and click + New profile first. When you want a particular profile every time, start from the profile row instead, since that removes any doubt about which configuration the scan will use. Your plan also limits how many scans run at once. See how to scan from the target page, or use /contact if a scan will not start.
Related questions
- How do I start a scan from a target's page?
- Why won't a new scan start while others are already running?
- How do I create a profile that's already set to a specific target?
- How do I see all the scan profiles for one target?
- Why is my scan taking much longer than usual?
How to run a pentest scan in Cyberlop, and what happens next
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