Reload/refresh not working in v18 and v17

[poeck]

Current Behavior

When I serve my NestJS project in development and change a file, it reloads perfectly the first time. When I change the file again, it stop refreshing and does nothing. This also happens in a fresh project with npx create-nx-workspace my-workspace --preset=nest

Expected Behavior

It should refesh every time I change a file, not only the first time.

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new nest project npx create-nx-workspace my-workspace --preset=nest
2. Run nx serve api
3. Change a file
4. See how it reloads
5. Change the file again
6. Nothing happens

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node   : 18.18.2
OS     : linux-x64
pnpm   : 8.15.2

nx (global)        : 18.3.3
nx                 : 18.3.3
@nx/js             : 18.3.3
@nx/eslint         : 18.3.3
@nx/workspace      : 18.3.3
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 18.3.3
@nx/express        : 18.3.3
@nx/nest           : 18.3.3
@nx/next           : 18.3.3
@nx/node           : 18.3.3
@nx/web            : 18.3.3
@nx/webpack        : 18.3.3
typescript         : 5.4.5
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/webpack/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/next/plugin

Failure Logs

Daemon Log:

[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.253Z - Started listening on: /tmp/9e9a81d0946c1ff77af8/d.sock
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.254Z - [WATCHER]: Subscribed to changes within: /home/paul/dev/jokedial (native)
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.255Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 1
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.255Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 2
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.256Z - [REQUEST]: Client Request for Project Graph Received
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.313Z - [REQUEST]: Updated workspace context based on watched changes, recomputing project graph...
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.313Z - [REQUEST]: 
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:18.313Z - [REQUEST]: 
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.723Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.725Z - Time taken for 'total for creating and serializing project graph' 1466.750123001635ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.725Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 1
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.727Z - Done responding to the client project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.727Z - Handled REQUEST_PROJECT_GRAPH. Handling time: 1467. Response time: 4.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.749Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. handleHashTasks
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.749Z - Done responding to the client handleHashTasks
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.749Z - Handled HASH_TASKS. Handling time: 11. Response time: 0.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.749Z - Time taken for 'Load Nx Plugin: /home/paul/dev/jokedial/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@18.3.3_@swc-node+register@1.8.0_@swc+core@1.3.107/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/project-json/build-nodes/package-json-next-to-project-json' 0.31881099939346313ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.882Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 2
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.883Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 1
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.883Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 2
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.884Z - [REQUEST]: Client Request for Project Graph Received
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.885Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.886Z - Time taken for 'total for creating and serializing project graph' 0.4925150014460087ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.887Z - Done responding to the client project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.887Z - Handled REQUEST_PROJECT_GRAPH. Handling time: 1. Response time: 2.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:19.890Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 3
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.008Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 4
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.009Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 3
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.009Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 4
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.010Z - [REQUEST]: Client Request for Project Graph Received
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.011Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.012Z - Time taken for 'total for creating and serializing project graph' 0.68766800314188ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.013Z - Done responding to the client project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.013Z - Handled REQUEST_PROJECT_GRAPH. Handling time: 1. Response time: 2.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.031Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. handleHashTasks
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.031Z - Done responding to the client handleHashTasks
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.031Z - Handled HASH_TASKS. Handling time: 6. Response time: 0.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.031Z - Time taken for 'Load Nx Plugin: /home/paul/dev/jokedial/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@18.3.3_@swc-node+register@1.8.0_@swc+core@1.3.107/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/project-json/build-nodes/package-json-next-to-project-json' 0.2610890008509159ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:20.542Z - [WATCHER]: Processing file changes in outputs
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:22.937Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. recordOutputsHash
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:22.937Z - Done responding to the client recordOutputsHash
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:22.937Z - Handled RECORD_OUTPUTS_HASH. Handling time: 0. Response time: 0.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:22.950Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 3
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:22.954Z - [WATCHER]: Processing file changes in outputs
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.654Z - [WATCHER]: 0 file(s) created or restored, 0 file(s) modified, 2 file(s) deleted
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.655Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. File watch changed
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.655Z - Done responding to the client File watch changed
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.655Z - Handled FILE-WATCH-CHANGED. Handling time: 0. Response time: 0.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.655Z - [WATCHER]: Processing file changes in outputs
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.655Z - Time taken for 'changed-projects' 0.2585260011255741ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.756Z - [REQUEST]: Updated workspace context based on watched changes, recomputing project graph...
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.756Z - [REQUEST]: 
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.756Z - [REQUEST]: apps/api/src/main.ts,apps/api/src/4913
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.793Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 4
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.794Z - Established a connection. Number of open connections: 5
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.794Z - Time taken for 'Load Nx Plugin: /home/paul/dev/jokedial/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@18.3.3_@swc-node+register@1.8.0_@swc+core@1.3.107/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/project-json/build-nodes/package-json-next-to-project-json' 0.24877099692821503ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.794Z - [REQUEST]: Client Request for Project Graph Received
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.794Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.796Z - Time taken for 'total for creating and serializing project graph' 0.41770799830555916ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.796Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 4
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.796Z - Done responding to the client project-graph
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.797Z - Handled REQUEST_PROJECT_GRAPH. Handling time: 0. Response time: 3.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.819Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. handleHashTasks
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.819Z - Done responding to the client handleHashTasks
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.819Z - Handled HASH_TASKS. Handling time: 10. Response time: 0.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:23.819Z - Time taken for 'Load Nx Plugin: /home/paul/dev/jokedial/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@18.3.3_@swc-node+register@1.8.0_@swc+core@1.3.107/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/project-json/build-nodes/package-json-next-to-project-json' 0.2331859990954399ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:24.318Z - [WATCHER]: Processing file changes in outputs
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:26.577Z - [REQUEST]: Responding to the client. recordOutputsHash
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:26.577Z - Done responding to the client recordOutputsHash
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:26.577Z - Handled RECORD_OUTPUTS_HASH. Handling time: 0. Response time: 0.
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:26.589Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 3
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:26.600Z - [WATCHER]: Processing file changes in outputs
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.575Z - [WATCHER]: 0 file(s) created or restored, 0 file(s) modified, 2 file(s) deleted
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.576Z - [WATCHER]: Processing file changes in outputs
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.577Z - Time taken for 'changed-projects' 0.33142799884080887ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.679Z - [REQUEST]: Updated workspace context based on watched changes, recomputing project graph...
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.679Z - [REQUEST]: 
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.679Z - [REQUEST]: apps/api/src/4913,apps/api/src/main.ts
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:27.759Z - Time taken for 'Load Nx Plugin: /home/paul/dev/jokedial/node_modules/.pnpm/nx@18.3.3_@swc-node+register@1.8.0_@swc+core@1.3.107/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/project-json/build-nodes/package-json-next-to-project-json' 1.7185580022633076ms
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:30.088Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 2
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:30.091Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 1
[NX Daemon Server] - 2024-04-22T19:14:30.096Z - Closed a connection. Number of open connections: 0

Package Manager Version

pnpm@8.15.2

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

No response

[poeck]

Seems like its not only an issue related to NestJS.

I've also tried it with an express app and a few different executors, but none of them worked for an express or nest app.

The only executor which works for me is next, but I obviously can't use that for a nest app.

[poeck]

Downgrading to v17 didn't work either.

[Nevation]

I also experienced this issue.
I wanted to use the latest version of NX, but I downgraded because of this issue.
This does not occur in 16.10.0, so I am using that version.

[simonkoeck]

Got the same issue. Please fix ASAP. I can't/won't use NX any further if this major issue is not being fixed.

[Evanion]

I have experienced this with both Nest and Remix, on both windows and Mac.
It has a HUGE impact on my workflow, especially when I'm on windows where my customer requires me to sit on a slow windows laptop that they provide as I have to restart the process every time I want to check my code, and that takes 3 minutes.

[poeck]

I have experienced this with both Nest and Remix, on both windows and Mac. It has a HUGE impact on my workflow, especially when I'm on windows where my customer requires me to sit on a slow windows laptop that they provide as I have to restart the process every time I want to check my code, and that takes 3 minutes.

I agree. Manually having to restart every process for each file change is so painful. I hope this gets fixed soon.

[Coly010]

I can't reproduce this on Windows or Mac with Nx 19.

Can you retry with Nx 19?

[poeck]

I can't reproduce this on Windows or Mac with Nx 19.

Can you retry with Nx 19?

I just upgraded to v19, but the same error still exists. I'm on linux but as @Evanion mentioned, the issue seems to also exist windows and mac.

[poeck]

After spending hours debugging nx in my node_modules folders, I've identified the root cause of the issue! 🥳

The conflict arises when using nx alongside Vim, though it might also affect other editors. Here’s a brief explanation: Vim employs a delete-and-recreate method when saving files. This process involves deleting the file momentarily before writing a new one.

This behavior triggers the nx native file watcher (within the daemon) to emit a deleted event rather than an updated one. I suspect this causes nx to remove the file from its file graph (assuming that’s the correct terminology). Consequently, the project rebuilds after the initial deleted event, but subsequent modifications do not trigger any action, as nx considers the file permanently deleted and stops monitoring it.

For Vim users, a potential workaround is to use set nowritebackup. However, be cautious as this setting might lead to data loss in rare instances where the file fails to write successfully.

While I haven't tested it myself, ChatGPT suggests that other editors like IntelliJ, Eclipse, or Emacs may use a similar technique. Editors like Sublime offer this option, but it is not enabled by default.

I will keep this issue open as I believe an adjustment in nx’s file watcher could inherently support editors like Vim without requiring manual configuration changes.