bpasero
commented
1 year ago This issue could originate from a problem with file watching. Let me explain how file watching works in VSCode first and then provide some details how to get more logging data from how file watching behaves in your case.
Synopsis VSCode has different strategies for file watching depending on your workspace and setup:
- no folder opened: files in opened editors are watched via node.js
fs.watch - folder opened: folder is watched recursively for all changes via parcel, opened editors with files not within the folder are watched via node.js
fs.watch
If you are connected to a remote (SSH, WSL, Docker), the file watcher will run within the target file system. As such, even though you maybe on Windows where VSCode runs, if the remote is Linux, the file watcher will run in the Linux environment.
Platforms Depending on the platform you are on, file watching is differently implemented:
- macOS: using
fseventsservices - Windows: using
ReadDirectoryChangesWmethod - Linux: using
inotify
Specifically on Linux, watching a large folder recursively can result in VSCode consuming too many file handles. If that is the case, you will see a warning notification with instructions how to solve that.
Limitations File watching comes with a set of limitations:
- symbolic links are not followed automatically but you can explicitly add symbolic links to be watched via the
files.watcherIncludesetting - mapped network drives or third party file system drivers are not guaranteed to produce file events
- in general, the operating system may decide to drop file events at any time, there is no 100% guarantee
Settings
Please review your settings to see if maybe a folder is excluded by accident. Specifically, the files.watcherExclude setting is relevant.
Logging (local) !!! This is ONLY when you open a local workspace, for remote see below !!! We provide logging for file events when you enable verbose logging. Steps are:
- open VSCode on the local workspace that shows the issue
- select
View | Command Palette... - select
Developer - Set Log Level... - pick
Trace - select
Help | Toggle Developer Tools - select
Console - filter the output by typing
File Watcherinto the filter box - attach the output when doing the operation that exhibits the issue
Logging (remote) !!! This is ONLY when you open a remote workspace (WSL, Docker, SSH), for local see above !!! We provide logging for file events when you enable verbose logging. Steps are:
- open VSCode on the remote workspace that shows the issue
- select
View | Command Palette... - select
Developer - Set Log Level... - pick
Trace - select
View | Output - select
Log (Remote Server)from the dropdown - attach the output when doing the operation that exhibits the issue
CodeStillBroken
Type: Bug
Install latest version of VS Code open a text file on file system in vs code edit text file on file system and save VS code does not udpate its view of that file
in VS Code, click on any other tap to switch out the .txt file Then click back on the tab containing the text file VS updates its view of that file.
Please fix :-)
VS Code version: Code 1.82.2 (abd2f3db4bdb28f9e95536dfa84d8479f1eb312d, 2023-09-14T05:51:20.981Z) OS version: Linux x64 6.2.0-32-generic snap Modes:
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