[Debian] File watcher failed repeatedly and is disabled

Currently I am using phpstorm with WSL2 all is working great except for the file watcher.

 

I am getting the following error: [Debian] File watcher failed repeatedly and is disabled. 

 

Is there a way i can debug this error? I would love for the file watcher to work.

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Thanks! It appears to be this one: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-126491
Could you please follow the reporter's advice and bump up the fs.inotify.max_user_watches value?

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Exactly the same issue here, and the documentation page does not help because this is about custom file watchers but its the default one.

I am on webstorm here.

'File watcher failed repeatedly and is disabled'

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HI Dimitry,

I have done it.

Best regards
Gunnar

 

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This seems still to be an issue with PhpStorm 2022.1.2 and WSL 2: "File watcher failed repeatedly and has been disabled"...

Update: I tried to run the fsnotifier-wsl from WSL, but it was not executable, so i added the execution flag for the file: sudo chmod a+x /mnt/c/Users/{{user}}/AppData/Local/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/PhpStorm/ch-0/221.5787.33/bin/fsnotifier-wsl

Right now it seems to work...

What is fsnotifier-wsl:

fsnotifier - IntelliJ Platform companion program for watching and reporting file and directory structure modifications

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Yes, the issue is unfortunately still not addressed: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-264207

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It seems that running file watchers against WSL-based commands is not supported at the moment.
Please vote: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-38925

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Im not using any file watcher, i think its the default file watcher that checks if files are edited etc.

That functionality is quite handy and i was wondering if i could think of a workaround.

You know of any logs i could check?

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Sorry, I misunderstood you. Could you please restart the IDE, wait until the warning appears again, and then share the logs (Help | Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data)?

You can upload them privately here: https://uploads.services.jetbrains.com/

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No problem,

Upload id: 2021_01_18_FAsty33dPyCtyt47 (file: phpstorm-logs-20210118-154152.zip)

Those are the logs i see this for sure in the go.local project. But i think it would be in all the projects.

 

 

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that seems to work! i see file changes popup in phpstorm.

Ill test some more tomorrow

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This is working i see my file changes pop up now.

Although it seems rather slow, you know of a way or a guide to speed this up?

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No, not really. Having notifications was already a huge performance improvement in 2020.3.
You shouldn't expect the WSL share to be as fast as a local drive though. Or is it slower dramatically for you?

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Its workable right now!. thanks for the help. 

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I am having the same issue. I am on Windows WSL2 Ubunto 18.04.

If I do: cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches, I got '524288' back.
I have even set fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288 in sysctl.conf.

In the log it just said:
INFO - pl.local.NativeFileWatcherImpl - Starting file watcher: C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PhpStorm 2020.3.1\bin\fsnotifier64.exe

Also it is said: INFO - pl.local.NativeFileWatcherImpl - Native file watcher is operational.
And then:
WARN - sl.WslFileWatcher.Ubuntu-18.04 - Watcher terminated with exit code 1
WARN - api.vfs.impl.local.FileWatcher - [Ubuntu-18.04] File watcher failed repeatedly and is disabled

How can I solve this?

 

 

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Could you please also share your logs? Run Help > Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data and upload resulting archive using https://uploads.jetbrains.com/

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Hi Dimitry,

I have uploaded the log at: Upload id: 2021_03_05_S5hfbEAtaed5UfRR (file: phpstorm-logs-20210305-160329.zip)
Do you have any news?

It looks my GIT repo gets a little confused about it.

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Hi Gunnar,

Thanks for letting me know the upload ID. I don't see any similar reports on our tracker or in support portal. I also don't think you're experiencing the problem in https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-126491 - it was reported back in 2014, while the issue you've facing is related directly to new WSL filewatchers: 

WARN - sl.WslFileWatcher.Ubuntu-18.04 - Watcher terminated with exit code 1 

I would strongly advise to submit this separately to our tracker at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/newIssue for developers to look into.

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Thanks. Here's a link to YT report for anyone interested.

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I am facing the same issues with PHPstorm 2020.3.3 and Unbuntu 20.04

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Same issue, IJ Ultimate 2020.3.4 Ubuntu 20.04

 

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on a related note, is there a way to restart the filewatcher when it fails like this, without restarting the whole IDE?

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I'm facing the same issues with Windows 11, WSL 1.

Now this seems to be (?) the classic case of error message that comes too short in the information it provides: if the common solution is to change the '/etc/sysctl.conf' (and restart with `sudo sysctl -p`), why not add that information (or a link to it) in the error itself ?

 

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Jan, we don't normally document bugs in the UI, and this is still our bug, even though the workaround has to be applied somewhere else.

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That makes sense, if you plan to fix it -- I assumed there were not easy fixes (notice the bug is > 1 year old).

If you don't plan to fix it in the short term, a quick half-fix is just link to the solution in the error message displayed to the user.

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