Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached angular

Question

I am getting this error while doing my Angular 10 project.

Error from chokidar (/myProject): Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached, watch '/myProject/tsconfig.spec.json'

Is there a method to resolve this error?

Looks like you got too many file watchers running? – Dominik Dec 15 '20 at 04:53 — Dominik, Dec 15 '20 at 04:53
Can I do something to shut them down? – MikhilMC Dec 15 '20 at 05:45 — MikhilMC, Dec 15 '20 at 05:45

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 08 '21 at 01:41

17

You're running into a kernel limit with your inotify watchers. You can run this to fix it for the current boot,

sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288

You can run this to fix it for future boots,

echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288" \ 
  | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf

edited Mar 08 '21 at 01:41

user157251

answered Dec 17 '20 at 19:40

user3294794

1

Yes and don't forget to reboot your Linux desktop. – Matteljay Jan 06 '21 at 10:47
1

Should be marked as the accepted answer! – Rahul Jawale Mar 30 '21 at 11:18

Alan Mejia · Answer 2 · 2021-02-18T17:43:18.847

3

I found this post and helped me to solve that problem. All you have to do is change the max_user_watches

edited Feb 18 '21 at 17:43

answered Feb 18 '21 at 17:37

Alan Mejia

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 10 '21 at 15:51

0

Use below

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf

To increase the number of watches by your system

edited May 10 '21 at 15:51

Prabhat Mishra

answered May 06 '21 at 09:11

Jasper

3 Answers3