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A bug report and two related fixes addressing excessive rename event storms from fs.watch on Windows that pin the main thread at 100% CPU, with mitigations involving polling fallbacks for preview watchers.
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#127032 fix(desktop): break win32 fs.watch event storms by falling back to polling
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/watch-storm-breaker.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/watch-storm-breaker.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#118980 fix(desktop): poll Windows preview watchers · superseded by another PR →
#127032
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#118974[Bug]: Desktop — fs.watch on Windows triggers IOCP/libuv rename event storm pinning main thread at 100% CPU
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- 1 Oct 2026