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[Bug]: "Visual Studio Code is unable to watch for file changes in this large workspace" (error ENOSPC)

See original GitHub issue

Is there an existing issue for this?

I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

- Web Browser: Opera
- Local OS: Synology DSM
- Remote OS: Windows 10
- Remote Architecture: ARM64 v8
- `code-server --version`: 4.0.1

Expected

It should not return error

Actual

It show error

"Visual Studio Code is unable to watch for file changes in this large workspace" (error ENOSPC)

Logs

none

Screenshot/Video

Does this issue happen in VS Code?

I cannot reproduce this in VS Code.

Are you accessing code-server over HTTPS?

I am using HTTPS.

Notes

I am using the fixes at https://gist.github.com/tbjgolden/c53ca37f3bc2fab8c930183310918c8c and https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_visual-studio-code-is-unable-to-watch-for-file-changes-in-this-large-workspace-error-enospc But none of these works, it returns:

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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ItzMiracleOwOcommented, Jan 26, 2022

Hmm I do agree Synology have lots of stupid issues and their docker version is ancient… What is interesting is, before when I was in older version, this error didnt pop up…

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jsjoeiocommented, Jan 26, 2022

Hmm…well things definitely changed in code-server between versions so not ruling that out, but at least we agree. Let’s move this to a Q and A then and continue there.