Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached

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Environment

• Platform: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS
• Docker Version: Docker version 20.10.21, build baeda1f
• Node.js Version: v14.21.1
• Image Tag: node:14-buster-slim

Expected Behavior

When running npm run dev the following error appears

[1] [0] internal/fs/watchers.js:251
[1] [0]     throw error;
[1] [0]     ^
[1] [0] 
[1] [0] Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached, watch '/home/node/gb/src/packages/editor/node_modules/date-fns/esm/millisecondsToSeconds'
[1] [0]     at FSWatcher.<computed> (internal/fs/watchers.js:243:19)
[1] [0]     at Object.watch (fs.js:1587:34)
[1] [0]     at /home/node/gb/src/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:407:22
[1] [0]     at hasNativeRecursive (/home/node/gb/src/node_modules/node-watch/lib/has-native-recursive.js:61:12)
[1] [0]     at Watcher.watchDirectory (/home/node/gb/src/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:396:3)
[1] [0]     at /home/node/gb/src/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:423:16
[1] [0]     at /home/node/gb/src/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:161:35
[1] [0]     at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
[1] [0]     at /home/node/gb/src/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:159:13
[1] [0]     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:180:23) {
[1] [0]   errno: -28,
[1] [0]   syscall: 'watch',
[1] [0]   code: 'ENOSPC',
[1] [0]   path: '/home/node/gb/src/packages/editor/node_modules/date-fns/esm/millisecondsToSeconds',
[1] [0]   filename: '/home/node/gb/src/packages/editor/node_modules/date-fns/esm/millisecondsToSeconds'
[1] [0] }
[1] [0] node ./bin/packages/watch.js exited with code 1
[1] [1] 

Possible Solution

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55763428/react-native-error-enospc-system-limit-for-number-of-file-watchers-reached

Steps to Reproduce

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55763428/react-native-error-enospc-system-limit-for-number-of-file-watchers-reached
Due to not having access to sysctl in docker image unable to make this work.

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