@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ export function resolveTestConfig(
     resolved.coverage = globalConfig.coverage
     resolved.attachmentsDir = globalConfig.attachmentsDir
     resolved.mergeReportsLabel = globalConfig.mergeReportsLabel
+    resolved.watch = globalConfig.watch
   }
 
   const rootStats = statSync(resolved.root, { throwIfNoEntry: false })
 
@@ -161,6 +161,25 @@ describe('the root config inheritance', () => {
     expect(ctx!.projects.map((project) => project.config.projects)).toEqual([undefined, undefined])
   })
 
+  it.for([true, false])('projects inherit watch from the root config (watch %s)', async (watch) => {
+    const { stderr, ctx } = await runInlineTests(
+      {
+        'vitest.config.js': {
+          test: {
+            projects: [
+              { test: { name: 'inherited' } },
+              { extends: false, test: { name: 'isolated' } },
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+        'basic.test.js': basicTest,
+      },
+      { watch },
+    )
+    expect(stderr).toBe('')
+    expect(ctx!.projects.map((project) => project.config.watch)).toEqual([watch, watch])
+  })
+
   it('the root name and globalSetup are not inherited by the projects', async () => {
     const { stderr, ctx, fs } = await runInlineTests({
       'globalSetup.js': ts`
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`@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ export function resolveTestConfig(`
`231`	`231`	`resolved.coverage = globalConfig.coverage`
`232`	`232`	`resolved.attachmentsDir = globalConfig.attachmentsDir`
`233`	`233`	`resolved.mergeReportsLabel = globalConfig.mergeReportsLabel`
	`234`	`+ resolved.watch = globalConfig.watch`
`234`	`235`	`}`
`235`	`236`
`236`	`237`	`const rootStats = statSync(resolved.root, { throwIfNoEntry: false })`