Fix ENOSPC error from chokidar monitoring node_modules#2919
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Fix ENOSPC error from chokidar monitoring node_modules#2919
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[WIP] Fix chokidar monitoring causing CPU 100% due to ENOSPC error
Fix ENOSPC error from chokidar monitoring node_modules
Jan 29, 2026
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Chokidar was monitoring the deps directory including node_modules symlinks, exhausting inotify watchers (~8243 files in node_modules vs 8192 limit) and causing ENOSPC errors with 100% CPU from retry loops.
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node_modulesand.gitto chokidar ignored patterns inback/loaders/deps.tsmy_node_modules_backup.txtstill watched)Patterns match only actual directories at any path depth, consistent with existing dotfiles pattern.
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