Operation not permitted

[QSJSI]

Try to build react native clear project and getting watchman error:

jest-haste-map: Watchman crawl failed. Retrying once with node crawler. Usually this happens when watchman isn't running. Create an empty .watchmanconfig file in your project's root folder or initialize a git or hg repository in your project. Error: Watchman error: std::__1::system_error: open: /Users/sliokkory/Documents/myteam/star: Operation not permitted. Make sure watchman is running for this project. See https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/troubleshooting.

Watchman -v: 2021.11.15.00
MacOs: 12.0.1 Monterey (m1)

[Desintegrator]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

[QSJSI]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

Worked for me!! kudos man!!

[khazaddoom]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

This worked for me too :) I tried adding access to watman executable via System Preferences but couldnt manage to do it.
but this worked perfectly.

[ccamisoss]

For me it worked with moving the project directory to Users/myuser/

[BruceSuperProgramer]

Yep have to be right under Users/myuser/ directory. If you placed them under other folders it still not working for example Users/myuser/Download/

[brabus786]

Просто перенес в корень, и то-же сработало

[robbporto]

Is there a permanent fix for this? Moving my project to another folder is not a fix.

[Desintegrator]

No, it's permanent. System forbid access to Documents folder. It's security issue otherwise. Maybe there is a possibility to give a permissions, but I wouldn't do that

[TwanLuttik]

No, it's permanent. System forbid access to Documents folder. It's security issue otherwise. Maybe there is a possibility to give a permissions, but I wouldn't do that

Is this something that has been changed recently or just specific for M1 chips because i have always been working on react native apps and using it inside my documents folder but just today, It appeared that i got that error too?

[TwanLuttik]

So i have factory reseted my macbook and i still have the same issue where i have to put it into users/${name}/ folder.

[TwanLuttik]

After a bit more research i found this issue where it has a temp fix #1030 (comment)

[legion-zver]

It didn't work until I allowed sh to access the disk.

[AlexChaseJones]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

This is dumb; but it worked

[hamzafer]

Not sure why, but using iTerm instead of Terminal solved the issue for me.

[MzkZeeshan]

We can resolved this when we put our project outside from those folder Desktop,Download and Document then run

npm start

It will be work thanks

[Xidiyixiwocao]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

work for me . thanks

[Xidiyixiwocao]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

May I ask how do you think out this solution, cause it really bother me a lot

[SufianBabri]

I had my project inside Documents folder too and was receiving the same error as the OP when I ran npx react-native start

As mentioned by someone else, it happens due to macOS making Documents directory private by default.

To fix the issue, I did the following:

1. Run sudo npx react-native start
2. When asked if you want to give your terminal app access to Documents folder, allow it.
3. Now you will see that it is working as expected. It means that you can quit the command with Ctrl + C.
4. From now on you can (and preferably should) use npx react-native start

Hope it helps others.

[Desintegrator]

@SufianBabri Ok, if you filling good about allowing permissions which are not supposed to be allowed, that could be a solution. As for me moving the project somewhere outside of document folder is better idea.

[mushtaque87]

brew upgrade watchman fixed my issue

[rishiankush]

First run watchman watch-del-all
then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

[freirepaulo]

perfect bro! this is the real fix!!

[fcamargo10]

First run watchman watch-del-all
then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

FIXED!

[Ade-Joshe]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

This works.

[cctv1005s]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

Works for me!

[OPvishal]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

thanks man, by the way how did u find it?

[OswalDev]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

This worked perfectly for me, thank you.

[efe3535]

Privacy & Security -> Files and Folders

[ol4juwon]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

this worked for me. thanks.

[bkamrani]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

Move the project directory outside the Documents directory was the solution for me (watchman watch-del-all + watchman shutdown-server was not effective in my case).

[zhangfuchao]

Privacy & Security -> Files and Folders

Thank you! Works for me!

[useCallback]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

works perfectly 🚀

[namti]

Running sudo npm run start fixes it. It will ask full disk access

[kashifansari786]

sometime watchman is not able to access your folder where your actual project is located so for that reason it shows Operation not permitted to resolve this issue

1. run sudo npx react-native start so it will start the server
2. when the server is started, a popup appears that allows access to the folder for watchman allows it.
3. then run your project in Android/IOS it will run as expected.

[Aakash359]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

Wow this solutions worked for me great

[Hoang-Phong-2122]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

THANK YOU!

[KalanaPallemulla]

Privacy & Security -> Files and Folders

Thank you man. This worked for me.

[ovieimara]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue
worked for me. Thanks.

[deepbag]

If you are using mac go to setting > Privacy & Setting > Full Disk Access > Allow Watchman and Terminals

[anisjonischkeit]

On my mac, the fix was System Preferences > Privacy Settings > Files and Folders > watchman [x]Documents Folder

[kingingcole]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

The perfect fix!

[BaseMax]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

You saved my time. I moved the project from Downloads dir to somewhere else.

Thanks

[erickcrus]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

I love you!

[deivyrene]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

A majestic solution!

[Dr-Wrong-Mo]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

Thanks for this!

[peterng014]

Privacy & Security -> Files and Folders

this is the root cause for me, wondering why having a lot of watchman instances there

[sholleyonline]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

This worked for me. Thanks

[muhammadqazi]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

Thanks, worked for me.

[1pretom]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

this worked to me, tks

[hmadJutt]

This is easiest fix
https://stackoverflow.com/a/74032225

[hakansaglam29]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

why?

[Desintegrator]

Hi. You should move the entire project directory outside of the Documents directory

Cause Documents folder has some permission restrictions for security reasons by default

[usmanabid94]

watchman shutdown-server

Bro you saved me I updated homebrew and suddenly this issue came but your solution worked as a savior.

[9589589661]

My project work when i move my project outside from desktop,downlaod and document folder.

[RomanDivkovic]

First run watchman watch-del-all then run watchman shutdown-server fixed my issue

Works great thanks, no need to move the project for me!