File Changes Not Detected in Theia Electron App on Linux

[hasm1k]

I’m using Theia 1.62.2 in an Theia electron application. When I start the Theia electron app and modify a file directly on the file system (outside of the application), the editor in the electron window does not detect or display the updated content. File change events are not picked up, and the opened editor shows stale data. If I close the file and reopen it from the Explorer, the updated content is shown. This behavior occurs only on Linux machines.

Is this a known issue in Theia 1.62.2? If so, has it been fixed in a more recent version? And is there any workaround to resolve this behavior on my side without upgrading the Theia version?

[msujew]

Hey @hasm1k,

can you first try out a more recent version? I'm not aware of any fixes in this regard, but no one else has posted anything about it, so it might be already fixed. We generally don't support versions that aren't either (a) the latest version or (b) the current community version (1.66).