Expo app hangs on error and I'm forced to restart build

It’s me again!

Lately I’ve noticed that when I do make a mistake in my code, “building javascript bundle” freezes even when I fix the syntax error. I have no choice but to quit simulator, restart cache, re-open simulator to get moving again.

Is this on me?

I think this can happen if you make a typo around an import. I believe we restart watchman by default in this case in order to mitigate the issue. Is it happening to you for all errors? What OS/exp version/node version/RN version are you using?

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Hey Ben,

Thanks for the reply! Sorry for the delay, not getting notifications for some reason.

Its happening for ALL errors
Latest version of exp cli, (47.something, so many updates!) exp 24, node 9

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