Sometimes, the development server stops responding

Description

From time to time (and across different projects), my gatsby develop process reloads from code changes, but my local development server stops responding (Error: socket hang up). I have to stop the gatsby develop process and run it again. My hot-reload flow usually works just fine.

Steps to reproduce

I still haven’t found what causes it. I strongly believe it’s not related with some specific code modification.

Expected result

I’d want my server to hot reload on my code changes.

Actual result

The server stops (with no error) and I have to restart the gatsby develop process.

Environment

  System:
    OS: macOS 11.1
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8257U CPU @ 1.40GHz
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.18.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.3/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.4 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.6 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.3/bin/npm
  Languages:
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 88.0.4324.96
    Firefox: 83.0
    Safari: 14.0.2
  npmPackages:
    gatsby: ^2.26.1 => 2.26.1
    gatsby-image: ^2.5.0 => 2.5.0
    gatsby-plugin-google-fonts: ^1.0.1 => 1.0.1
    gatsby-plugin-less: ^4.6.0 => 4.6.0
    gatsby-plugin-linaria: ^2.2.0 => 2.2.0
    gatsby-plugin-manifest: ^2.6.1 => 2.6.1
    gatsby-plugin-no-index: ^1.0.2 => 1.0.2
    gatsby-plugin-offline: ^3.4.0 => 3.4.0
    gatsby-plugin-react-helmet: ^3.4.0 => 3.4.0
    gatsby-plugin-sharp: ^2.8.0 => 2.8.0
    gatsby-plugin-typescript: ^2.10.0 => 2.10.0
    gatsby-source-filesystem: ^2.5.0 => 2.5.0
    gatsby-transformer-sharp: ^2.6.0 => 2.6.0

[robertocerdasilva]

I am having this same problem! sometimes it’s really slow to visualize new changes while I’m developing. It just stops responding and I have to restart the “gatsby develop” command. (v2.31.0)

[tu4mo]

I had a similar issue, which was partly fixed in gatsby@2.27.2. Have you tried updating your deps?