Error: EPERM

[shakna-israel]

Error: EPERM reported for directories I really wouldn't expect Inky to be watching, but apparently doesn't have permission for.

This breaks the web view, and export.

Platform: Windows 11 23H2 22631.4460
Inky version: 0.15.1
ink version: 1.2.0
inkjs version: 2.2.3

node:internal/errors:563 Uncaught (in promise) Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, watch 'C:\Users\jmilne\Documents\My Music'
    at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (node:internal/errors:563:5)
    at __node_internal_uvException (node:internal/errors:619:10)
    at FSWatcher.<computed> (node:internal/fs/watchers:247:19)
    at Object.watch (node:fs:2473:36)
    at createFsWatchInstance (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:119:15)
    at setFsWatchListener (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:166:15)
    at NodeFsHandler._watchWithNodeFs (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:331:14)
    at NodeFsHandler._handleDir (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:567:19)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async NodeFsHandler._addToNodeFs (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:617:16)
node:internal/errors:563 Uncaught (in promise) Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, watch 'C:\Users\jmilne\Documents\My Pictures'
    at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (node:internal/errors:563:5)
    at __node_internal_uvException (node:internal/errors:619:10)
    at FSWatcher.<computed> (node:internal/fs/watchers:247:19)
    at Object.watch (node:fs:2473:36)
    at createFsWatchInstance (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:119:15)
    at setFsWatchListener (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:166:15)
    at NodeFsHandler._watchWithNodeFs (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:331:14)
    at NodeFsHandler._handleDir (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:567:19)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async NodeFsHandler._addToNodeFs (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:617:16)
node:internal/errors:563 Uncaught (in promise) Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, watch 'C:\Users\jmilne\Documents\My Videos'
    at __node_internal_captureLargerStackTrace (node:internal/errors:563:5)
    at __node_internal_uvException (node:internal/errors:619:10)
    at FSWatcher.<computed> (node:internal/fs/watchers:247:19)
    at Object.watch (node:fs:2473:36)
    at createFsWatchInstance (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:119:15)
    at setFsWatchListener (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:166:15)
    at NodeFsHandler._watchWithNodeFs (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:331:14)
    at NodeFsHandler._handleDir (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:567:19)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async NodeFsHandler._addToNodeFs (C:\Users\jmilne\Down…s-handler.js:617:16)

The tiny in-progress story that triggered it, though I wouldn't expect it to be the root cause: here.

[shakna-israel]

Seems like chokidar has had this issue a few times, always related to the Windows platform.

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In almost all cases, the only people saying they've resolved the issue have been people moving to a different dependency, which isn't exactly helpful.