Defining the scan configuration for a folder - Port Swigger
Summary: PortSwigger's documentation describes how Burp Scanner applies scan configurations to folders, where a folder's configuration is inherited by its subfolders and sites, and where custom configurations are required for settings such as request throttling. When configurations from parent folders are combined, settings from the lowest configuration in the hierarchical list take precedence, and only values changed from default override settings higher in the list.
Bottom line: A folder-level setting that looks inherited can be silently overridden by a subfolder or site configuration lower in the hierarchy, so a scan you believe is throttled or configured one way may run under different settings than intended.
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