Strapi5 in dev mode keeps restarting every 10 seconds or so

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In dev mode, I’m running a local postgres database in a docker container. I’m persisting the postgres data volume in a “data” directory within the Strapi5 project. Whenever postgres updates the write-ahead-log, Strapi5 sees this as a file change and restarts the server, with the following log message:

[2024-09-24 14:43:45.615] info: File changed: <project-dir>/data/postgres/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001

This doesn’t seem like it should be happening. I tried using the “–no-watch-admin” flag when going into dev mode, but this doesn’t do anything to prevent Strapi from constantly restarting. Am I missing something? Is it bad practice to have the persistent postgres data volume in the same directory as the Strapi Project?

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It’s because your writing data into the project directory. I’d suggest putting that data directory into .tmp

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We watch the entire project directory for any code change in development mode with a few hard coded files and dirs.

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<@211722558385553408> Thanks! I’ll follow your suggestion.