Development server of create-react-app does not auto refresh

Question

I am following a tutorial on React using create-react-app. The application is created by create-react-app v1.3.0

create-react-app my-app

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Answer 1

In my case, it was there are not enough number of file watchers. I have to change the configurations manually.

See active file watchers limit using below command on terminal.

cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

Add below line to the /etc/sysctl.conf file.

fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288

Apply changes using the command below.

sudo sysctl -p