Regression: webpack watch mode no longer works

[ernscht]

Type of issue

• Regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped working in a new release)

The issue refers to the:

• example nitro project (project-nitro)
• example nitro project with twig engine (project-nitro-twig)
• example nitro project with typescript jsCompiler (project-nitro-typescript)

Environment

Node.js v12.16.3
win32 10.0.18363
Nitro Version 5.2.9 / 5.3.0

Expected behavior

Webpack recompilation and hot reloading for css an js works in dev mode

Current behavior

Webpack recompilation and hot reloading for css and js does not work in dev mode (npm start)

[ernscht]

It turns out that the problem is not directly caused by a directly used package.

Works with package-lock.json on the 5.2.9 release date, currently does not work when reinstalling. [Here the diff]

[ernscht]

Had to downgrade 'watchpack' manually to version 1.6.1. Workaround published with 5.3.1

[ernscht]

Workaround only works in monorepo

[ernscht]

In Nitro version 5.3.3 the webpack watcher works again in your project.

Without an update you can also simply add the package "watchpack" in version 1.6.1 as devDependency: "watchpack": "1.6.1"