CSS change notifier crashed

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Overgrow reports an issue where the “CSS change notifier crashed” error occurs when updating a .scss file on a development server, requiring manual page reloads to see changes. The error indicates a No such file or directory issue for discourse-custom-plugin.scss, which is registered via register_asset in plugin.rb. Overgrow notes this is their only stylesheet and hasn’t occurred with other plugins using the same method. j.jaffeux requests a repository to help troubleshoot. Since Overgrow states it is a local custom testing plugin without a repo, j.jaffeux advises creating a minimal repository by copying the plugin and removing unnecessary code until the error is reproduced. Overgrow agrees to attempt replication in a fresh repo.

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Can you help me troubleshoot this error?

When updating my .scss file on a development server, I’m getting following error and I need to reload the page manually to see the changes.

CSS change notifier crashed
No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - /home/overgrow/discourse/app/assets/stylesheets/discourse-custom-plugin.scss

It’s a .scss file registered in plugin.rb

register_asset "stylesheets/custom-style.scss", :desktop

It’s the only stylesheet in the project.

I haven’t got a similar problem with any other plugin using the same method.

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Can you share the repo please?

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It’s my custom testing plugin on the local development server, there is no repo. Sorry.

How to track the source of the problem?

I’ve already tried to restart the Unicorn.

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It can be a lot of things, even your path seems unexpected to me here, but honestly if you want us to dig this, build us a simple repository demonstrating the issue.

Make a copy of your plugin, and remove stuff till there’s the minimum needed for the error.

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Sounds good, I’ll try if I can replicate it in a fresh repo. Thank you.

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