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The Graphql For VSCode server crashed 5 times in the last 3 minutes. The server will not be restarted. : Watchman was not found in PATH

See original GitHub issue

Error: Watchman was not found in PATH.  See https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html for installation instructions
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1050:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:367:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
[Info  - 1:57:03 PM] Connection to server got closed. Server will restart.
[Info  - 1:57:03 PM] The graphql server has stopped running
[Info  - 1:57:03 PM] NODE_PATH value is: e:\Users\Simian\Desktop\trigram\lifeguides-web
[Info  - 1:57:04 PM] Module '@playlyfe/gql' loaded from: e:\Users\Simian\Desktop\trigram\lifeguides-web\node_modules\@playlyfe\gql\lib\index.js
Watchman:  Watchman was not found in PATH.  See https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html for installation instructions
events.js:163

Watchman IS in my path. I can call it from cmd line, no problem.

I am using Windows

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:9 (1 by maintainers)

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GBrachettacommented, May 28, 2022

I have the same issue and I’m on a Mac. Don’t understand why this has been closed. It happens every single time to me.

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simon-abbottcommented, Jun 3, 2022

@jalalbmnf That’s using the official plugin, not this one. You want https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/issues/2421.

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