---
version: "v1.0.0"
category: "breaking-changes"
---

#### `render --format=json` no longer discovers dependents by default

Prior to this release, the `render --format=json` command would automatically start to perform dependent discovery on other units related to the unit being rendered. Avoiding this required usage of the `--disable-dependent-modules` flag. That behavior has been removed. HCL and JSON rendering of unit configurations will now proceed without the additional overhead of dependent discovery by default.

This functionality is better served by a combination of [`find`](/reference/cli/commands/find/) and [graph-based filters](/features/filter/graph/).

e.g. If you want to detect all the dependents of a given unit `foo`, expecting to find the dependent unit `bar` you can run the following:

```bash
$ terragrunt find --filter '...^foo'
bar
```

*If you aren't familiar with [filters](/features/filter), this reads as "find all dependents of `foo`, not `foo` itself"*
