Increase watchers

# see current limit
cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

# add custom settings
sudo echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

# load value
sudo sysctl -p

# see the new limit
cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

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