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fix(core): reduce daemon inotify watch count by upgrading watchexec (#34329)
## Current Behavior The daemon's file watcher uses watchexec 3.0.1 which hardcodes `RecursiveMode::Recursive` when registering inotify watches. This means **every** directory gets an inotify watch — including all of `node_modules`, `.git`, and other ignored trees. On a typical workspace with a large `node_modules`, this can consume thousands of inotify watches, eating kernel memory and CPU. The `WatchFilterer` only filters **events** after watches are already registered — the watches themselves are never prevented. ## Expected Behavior Only non-ignored directories (workspace source code) get inotify watches. Ignored directories like `node_modules`, `.git`, `.nx/cache`, `.nx/workspace-data`, and `.yarn/cache` are skipped entirely at the watch registration level. This dramatically reduces: - **inotify watch count** (from thousands to hundreds) - **Memory usage** (each watch consumes kernel memory) - **CPU overhead** (fewer watches = less kernel bookkeeping) ### How it works - Upgraded watchexec 3.0.1 → 8.0.1 which supports `WatchedPath::non_recursive()` - Added `create_watch_walker()` using `ignore::WalkBuilder` (same pattern as `walker.rs`) to enumerate only non-ignored directories - Each directory is watched with `NonRecursive` mode — like putting security cameras only in the rooms you care about instead of every room in the building - New directories created at runtime are dynamically added to the watch set via the `on_action` handler - Event-level filtering via `WatchFilterer` is unchanged — same behavior for gitignore/nxignore patterns ### macOS Support for Dynamic Directory Registration The initial implementation worked on Linux and Windows but failed tests on macOS because macOS FSEvents doesn't always provide the same `FileEventKind` tags as Linux inotify or Windows ReadDirectoryChangesW. **Three changes to support macOS:** 1. **watcher.rs**: On macOS, check all events for directory creation (not just events with specific FileEventKind tags) and verify via filesystem 2. **types.rs**: Filter directory events from JavaScript callbacks on macOS (similar to Windows behavior) 3. **watch_filterer.rs**: Allow macOS directory events (`Create(Folder)` and `Modify(Metadata)`) through the filter so the action handler can register them All changes use `#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]` for compile-time conditional compilation, so Linux/Windows behavior is completely unchanged and there's zero runtime overhead. ### Additional notes - Pinned `serde` to `<1.0.220` because serde 1.0.220+ moved `__private` to `serde_core`, breaking `swc_common 0.31.22` - No TypeScript changes — the napi interface is identical - `watch_filterer.rs`, `types.rs`, `utils.rs` required no changes (APIs are compatible) ## Related Issue(s) Fixes #33781 Fixes nrwl/nx-console#2468 <!-- No specific issue linked yet --> --------- Co-authored-by: nx-cloud[bot] <71083854+nx-cloud[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
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‎Cargo.lock‎

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‎e2e/nx/src/watch.test.ts‎

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} from '@nx/e2e-utils';
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import { spawn } from 'child_process';
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import { join } from 'path';
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import { writeFileSync, mkdtempSync } from 'fs';
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import { writeFileSync, mkdtempSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
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import { tmpdir } from 'os';
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let cacheDirectory = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'daemon'));
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await wait(10);
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}
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async function mkdirForWatcher(path: string) {
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const e2ePath = join(tmpProjPath(), path);
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console.log(`creating directory: ${e2ePath}`);
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mkdirSync(e2ePath, { recursive: true });
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await wait(10);
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}
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describe('Nx Watch', () => {
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let proj1 = uniq('proj1');
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let proj2 = uniq('proj2');
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expect(results).toEqual([proj1, proj3]);
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}, 50000);
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it('should detect files created in newly created directories', async () => {
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const getOutput = await runWatch(`--all -- echo \\$NX_FILE_CHANGES`);
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// Create a new subdirectory inside an existing project
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await mkdirForWatcher(`libs/${proj1}/src/newsubdir`);
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// Wait for the watcher to register the new directory
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await wait(2000);
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// Create a file in the newly created directory
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await writeFileForWatcher(
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`libs/${proj1}/src/newsubdir/newfile.ts`,
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'export const x = 1;'
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);
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let output = (await getOutput())[0];
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let results = output.split(' ').sort();
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expect(results).toContain(`libs/${proj1}/src/newsubdir/newfile.ts`);
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}, 50000);
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it('should reconnect after daemon restart', async () => {
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const getOutput = await runWatchWithReconnect(
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`--projects=${proj1} -- echo \\$NX_PROJECT_NAME`

‎packages/nx/Cargo.toml‎

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walkdir = '2.3.3'
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xxhash-rust = { version = '0.8.5', features = ['xxh3', 'xxh64'] }
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vt100-ctt = { git = "https://github.com/JamesHenry/vt100-rust", rev = "b15dc3b0f7db94167a9c584f1d403899c0cc871d" }
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serde = "1.0.219"
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serde = "=1.0.219"
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serde_json = "1.0.140"
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static_assertions = "1.1"
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wrap-ansi = "0.1"
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arboard = { version = "3.4.1", features = ["wayland-data-control"] }
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crossterm = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["event-stream", "use-dev-tty"] }
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portable-pty = { git = "https://github.com/cammisuli/wezterm", rev = "b538ee29e1e89eeb4832fb35ae095564dce34c29" }
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ignore-files = "2.1.0"
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ignore-files = "3.0.5"
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fs4 = "0.12.0"
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ratatui = { version = "0.29" }
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reqwest = { version = "0.12.22", default-features = false, features = [
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"rustls-tls-native-roots",
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rusqlite = { version = "0.32.1", features = ["bundled", "array", "vtab"] }
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watchexec = "3.0.1"
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watchexec-events = "2.0.1"
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watchexec-filterer-ignore = "3.0.0"
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watchexec-signals = "2.1.0"
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watchexec = "8.0.1"
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watchexec-events = "6.0.0"
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watchexec-filterer-ignore = "7.0.0"
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watchexec-signals = "5.0.1"
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machine-uid = "0.5.2"
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interprocess = { version = "2.2.3", features = ["tokio"] }
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interprocess = { version = "=2.2.3", features = ["tokio"] }
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jsonrpsee = { version = "0.25.1", features = [
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‎packages/nx/src/internal-testing-utils/temp-fs.ts‎

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createDirSync(dirPath: string) {
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mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
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}
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createSymlinkSync(
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‎packages/nx/src/native/index.d.ts‎

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‎packages/nx/src/native/pseudo_terminal/pseudo_terminal.rs‎

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.run_command(String::from("whoami"), None, None, None, None, None, None)
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‎packages/nx/src/native/tasks/hashers/hash_runtime.rs‎

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fn test_hash_runtime() {
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let workspace_root = if cfg!(windows) { "C:\\" } else { "/tmp" };
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let command = "echo runtime";
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let env: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
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let cache = Arc::new(DashMap::new());
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