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Does not refresh files under resources in Spring Boot Gradle project on save when running in dev container

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, spring-boot, vscode
Domain
build-system, devtools

Research direction

Start by running the attached demo2.zip project in the listed Java dev container and reproduce the save of src/main/resources/application.properties. Compare it with a direct IDE run, then trace the resource refresh path involved in the dev-container case; done means edits appear in bin/main/application.properties without manually rebuilding the whole project.

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Description

ai-triaged bug

This is a similar issue as #1059 but it only occurs when running in dev container.
When editing a file under the resources folder(e.g. src/main/resources/application.properties), the same file under bin folder(e.g. bin/main/application.properties) is not getting refreshed on save if running in dev container. If it's running directly, it gets refreshed without issue.

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Environment
  • Operating System: Dev Container: java:1-17-bullseye / Direct run: Win11 x64
  • JDK version: openjdk 17.0.7 2023-04-18 LTS
  • Visual Studio Code version: 1.80.1
  • Java extension version: 1.20.0
  • Java Debugger extension version: 0.52.0
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Run attached project with Dev Container
  2. Try editing src/main/resources/application.properties, e.g. modifying the value of 'some.property'
  3. Check if the change is reflected in bin/main/application.properties

demo2.zip

Current Result

Files under resources are not getting refreshed upon save and require manually triggering the rebuild of the entire project to get them refreshed.

Expected Result

The files under resources should be refreshed upon saving just like the behavior when running the IDE directly.

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