docs: handling "System limit for number of file watchers reached" error #25551
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Updated document for "System limit for number of file watchers reached" error
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Thanks for this PR. I can review from a language + formatting point of view, but I am unfamiliar with building the assets and would like someone to review this who can evaluate the code itself. |
Thanks for review. I have updated the docs as per changes suggested. |
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@mdeshmu could you please review. |
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@sfirke please review |
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@sfirke request you to review. |
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| cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches | ||
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| Edit the file /etc/sysctl.conf to increase this value. | ||
| The value needs to be decided based on the system memory. |
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| The value needs to be decided based on the system memory. | |
| The value needs to be decided based on the system memory [(see this StackOverflow answer for more context)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/535768/what-is-a-reasonable-amount-of-inotify-watches-with-linux). |
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| export NODE_OPTIONS=--no-experimental-fetch | |||
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| If Following type of error comes while running dev server(i.e using above commands): | |||
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| If Following type of error comes while running dev server(i.e using above commands): | |
| If while using the above commands you encounter an error related to the limit of file watchers: |
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| Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached | ||
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| The error is thrown because the number of files monitored by the system has reached the limit. | ||
| The error can be fixed by increasing the amount of inotify watchers. |
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| The error can be fixed by increasing the amount of inotify watchers. | |
| You can address this this error by increasing the number of inotify watchers. |
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| The error is thrown because the number of files monitored by the system has reached the limit. | ||
| The error can be fixed by increasing the amount of inotify watchers. | ||
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| Do the following to Modify the number of system monitoring files : |
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| Do the following to Modify the number of system monitoring files : |
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| Do the following to Modify the number of system monitoring files : | ||
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| The current value of max watches can be checked by below command. |
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| The current value of max watches can be checked by below command. | |
| The current value of max watches can be checked with: |
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This PR sometimes says "watches" and sometimes "watchers" - is it correct that both terms get used in this context?
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| ```bash | ||
| fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | ||
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| save the file and exit |
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| save the file and exit | |
| Save the file and exit |
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@nitish-samsung-jha sorry this took me so long to review! I left some requested changes and questions, I think these will just be minor edits I hope. Thank you for contributing this 🙏 |
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@sfirke Thanks for review comments. I have incorporated the suggested changes. |
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@sfirke , Thanks for review comments. I have applied suggested changes. |
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thanks so much @nitish-samsung-jha ! |
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Updated docs for handling "System limit for number of file watchers reached" error