feast-dev
@@ -153,3 +153,12 @@ const tabsRegistry = {
 ```
 
 Examples of custom tabs can be found in the `ui/custom-tabs` folder.
+
+## Refreshing the registry
+
+The Feast UI caches registry data (projects, feature views, entities, etc.) using the registry cache. After running `feast apply` to make changes, it may take up to `cache_ttl_seconds` before the updates appear in the UI.
+
+To see changes faster:
+
+- **Lower the TTL**: Set `cache_ttl_seconds: 10` (or similar) in your `feature_store.yaml` registry config. This makes all registry consumers — including the UI — pick up changes within 10 seconds.
+- **Refresh on demand**: The UI has a **Refresh** button that explicitly invalidates the server-side registry cache (`POST /api/v1/registry/refresh`) and reloads the UI without a full page refresh.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from feast.api.registry.rest.metrics import get_metrics_router
 from feast.api.registry.rest.monitoring import get_monitoring_router
 from feast.api.registry.rest.permissions import get_permission_router
-from feast.api.registry.rest.projects import get_project_router
+from feast.api.registry.rest.projects import get_project_router, get_registry_router
 from feast.api.registry.rest.saved_datasets import get_saved_dataset_router
 from feast.api.registry.rest.search import get_search_router
 
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ def register_all_routes(app: FastAPI, grpc_handler, server=None, store=None):
     app.include_router(get_monitoring_router(grpc_handler, store=resolved_store))
     app.include_router(get_compute_engine_router(grpc_handler, store=resolved_store))
 
+    if resolved_store:
+        app.include_router(get_registry_router(resolved_store))
+
     _register_openlineage_consumer(app, resolved_store)
 
 

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Query
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Query, Response, status
 
 from feast.api.registry.rest.rest_utils import (
     get_pagination_params,
@@ -50,3 +50,19 @@ def list_projects(
         }
 
     return router
+
+
+def get_registry_router(store) -> APIRouter:
+    router = APIRouter()
+
+    @router.post("/registry/refresh")
+    def refresh_registry():
+        from feast.permissions.action import AuthzedAction
+        from feast.permissions.security_manager import assert_permissions
+
+        project = store.registry.get_project(name=store.project, allow_cache=True)
+        assert_permissions(resource=project, actions=[AuthzedAction.UPDATE])
+        store.refresh_registry()
+        return Response(status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    return router