redhat-developer / redhat-developer/rsp-server-community

Watchservice requires high sensitivity on this system

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Description

In VSCode, when Community Server Connector starts, the output shows many lines like:

17:30:35.171 [unch RSP Server] WARN o.j.t.r.s.f.FileWatcherService:206 - Watchservice requires high sensitivity on this system. Unfortunately it isn't present and thus watching the filesystem is unreliable. Please use openjdk or a sun jvm to allow us to use high sensitivity.

I believe it's using openjdk 11.
What could be done to solve this?

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the warning in VSCode when Community Server Connector starts with OpenJDK 11, then trace the FileWatcherService warning shown in the output. Determine why high-sensitivity filesystem watching is unavailable and define the change needed so watching is reliable without this warning.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, vscode
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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