Windows setup - Local server crash - EMFILE when editing / opening tabs

After a few days using my Ubuntu machine, I switched back to a Windows one and set up a fresh environment (cloning mdn/content and mdn/translated-content in the morning).

However, when I was editing a localized page for a PR and checking a few links on my current page (localhost:5000 in/… my browser), I repeatedly had crashes.

[Error: EMFILE: too many open files, open 'C:\Users\julien\mdn\content\files\en-us\web\api\window\scrollmaxx\index.html'] {
  errno: -4066,
  code: 'EMFILE',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: 'C:\\Users\\julien\\mdn\\content\\files\\en-us\\web\\api\\window\\scrollmaxx\\index.html'
}

I definitely reproduced this a few times without “trying too much” but don’t have a specific scenario for reproduction. I’ll update if I get one.

[peterbe]

@SphinxKnight @hamishwillee you’re on Windows right? Can you download all 3 gists ^ into your yari directory and run each one of them and report what happens?

[hamishwillee]

I’m back on Moz stuff tomorrow. Happy to test the next round.