Bug: Stuck on "Starting the development server" when parent folder contains '#'

[WeebNetsu]

React version: 17.0.2

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create folder with '#' in name ie: mkdir myfolder/#trash/
2. Create react app in folder: npx create-react-app myApp
3. Start app: npm start

The current behavior

Gets stuck on "Starting the development server..." forever

The expected behavior

It should start and run the app as expected when creating a new app or warn you about invalid parent directory name

[superspeed500]

I have encountered this issue too. The following stackoverflow-post pointed me too this issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58743333/react-app-stuck-on-starting-the-development-server

Konwn affected version of react-scripts: > 5.0.0
Known unaffected version of react-scripts: 4.0.3

OS: macOS 12.4 (21F79)
Computer: MacBookPro15,1
Node version: 18.3.0
React version: 17.0.2

The issue occured for me in a project from 3. november 2018, so not a new project in my case.

[allroundexperts]

Happens to me as well. I'm on Node 16 M1 Macbook Pro.