Proof of concept: simple hot reloading #2304

gaearon · 2017-05-21T01:15:36Z

Couldn't resist. Integrated with our error handling. (So errors cause refresh on next save.)

~~This would need a Babel transform, for now I just hardcoded what it would do~~
~~Only works if you have DevTools installed/enabled~~
This is annoying Updating app.js causes webpack dev server to report error and then reload the page #1880
Editing after initial error should refresh
Editing after compile error should still be hot
Chrome sourcemaps don't update Hot reloading doesn't update Chrome sourcemaps #2407
TESTS
"Click to source" breaks in overlay because after first edit, path looks like ./packages/react-scripts/template/src/Logo.js?989a:5. Need to figure out where that ?989a comes from, it doesn't make sense (all edits after the first one get that name in Sources pane). Even changing devtoolFallbackModuleFilenameTemplate to repeat devtoolModuleFilenameTemplate didn't help: webpack still tries to give different source names to the same file on first reload.

I only want to enable this for files that export a single functional component defined with JSX.
The goal is not to be comprehensive but to always work well, and create trust.

Timer · 2017-05-23T05:40:02Z

Per request, I made the babel plugin. I've never made one before so I dunno if I did things wrong, but it works. 🤷‍♀️

You might need to wipe your babel caches (echo y | ./node_modules/.bin/lerna clean && npm install); they don't play well with hot reloading.
I had to add a safety check in there (typeof data.acceptNext === 'function') which prevents the caches from causing runtime errors when funky things happen.

Turning off cacheDirectory fixes the glitches. Maybe it'll work better with cache-loader.

Here's what I mean by the caches act weird, notice it not swapping back to an older component after save / hard refreshing next:

Works as desired with cacheDirectory off:

gaearon · 2017-05-23T14:25:12Z

packages/babel-plugin-react-app/index.js

+function decorateFunctionName(t, name) {
+  return t.TryStatement(
+    t.BlockStatement([
+      t.ExpressionStatement(


This is simpler to do with "templates".

Timer · 2017-05-23T17:09:02Z

Code has been updated to use babel-template and now highlights nodes that are reloaded.

marcofugaro · 2017-07-14T20:59:25Z

That looks nice! Did you have more time to work on it?

Timer · 2017-07-14T21:28:52Z

@marcofugaro we're currently waiting on some browser bugs to be fixed.

rvion · 2017-08-13T17:31:47Z

we're currently waiting on some browser bugs to be fixed.

still waiting ?

bestwestern · 2017-10-18T17:09:41Z

Could someone please explain how to get HMR (even though it may still be a bit buggy)

We should not support it since by default it's an aggressive and flaky HMR handler. Where it says it can handle more file changes than it actually can. Developers usually learn not to trust it and refresh manually. It also breaks JS error handling in arrow functions: gaearon/react-proxy#76 After this change, HMR is still properly configured, including the module.hot api and client/server communications. By default JS changes refresh and CSS changes appear without refresh. For the future, we should monitor the progress of this PR: facebook/create-react-app#2304

ro-savage · 2018-01-18T14:45:15Z

Hopefully @aslushnikov will be able to updated on the source map bug in Chrome DevTools. Once thats fixed it should be ready to merge.

aslushnikov · 2018-01-22T22:23:51Z

@ro-savage: the fix for crbug.com/438251 has landed and will be available on tomorrow's Canary.

gaearon · 2018-01-22T22:50:50Z

This is amazing, thank you @aslushnikov!

We should start getting this up to date.

onpaws · 2018-03-12T18:12:35Z

Curious, is this working now?
What needs to happen to close #2407?

Happy to help if someone can please point me in the right direction.

mnemanja · 2018-04-11T10:54:10Z

Hi @gaearon, any news regarding the hot reloading integration progress?

gaearon · 2018-05-11T18:48:27Z

There are things with higher priority that are currently being worked on and are blockers for v2.
This one is not a blocker. I think it'll get in this year though.

eddiemonge · 2018-10-25T18:21:27Z

@gaearon this still on track for this year?

stale · 2018-11-24T19:17:20Z

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gausie · 2018-11-24T21:33:36Z

Please bot do not stale 🙏🤖

ahmad2smile · 2018-11-28T11:12:04Z

Fingers crossed 🤞

lstkz · 2019-03-26T07:47:06Z

This is the most annoying to me "Editing after compile error should still be hot".
Related to #6694

gaearon · 2019-06-15T13:00:28Z

Ok so I have something you can try.

https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1139876172903395329

https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1139699841204809729 (But use 0.0.5 rather than 0.0.3)

mrmckeb · 2019-07-24T17:40:06Z

Closing in favour of #5958.

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hot-reload doesn't work with nwb/express insin/nwb#287

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Hot reload doesn't work microsoft/TypeScript-React-Starter#50

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[Feature] Have a special flag to enable experimental features #3170

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Enabling webpack hot module reloading? wmonk/create-react-app-typescript#118

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CSS hotreload csepulv/electron-with-create-react-app#18

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Include module.hot.accept in template or docs for HMR #4732

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