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[BUG] docker compose watch fails to sync file changes for Node.js app when using bind mounts on Linux #13743
Description
Activity
please attach the
watchsection from your compose file for further analysisThanks for looking into this! Here's the
develop.watchsection from mycompose.yml:services: app: build: . volumes: - ./src:/app/src develop: watch: - action: sync path: ./src target: /app/src ignore: - node_modules/
Running Node.js with
nodemon. File changes to./srcon the host are not triggering sync in the container. Restarting the service manually reflects changes fine, so the bind mount path is correct.Environment: Ubuntu 22.04, Docker Engine 26.x, Compose v2.27.x
Description
Current behavior:
When running
docker compose watchwith a Node.js service on Linux, file changes in./srcare not synced to the container. Thesyncaction does not detect host file modifications.Expected behavior:
docker compose watchshould detect file changes in watched paths and sync them to the container in real-time, enabling hot-reload without full restarts.Steps To Reproduce
compose.ymlusingdevelop.watchwithsyncactiondocker compose watch.jsfile inside./srcon the hostCompose Version
Docker Environment
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