Passing in hot: false does not disable HMR

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Passing in hot: false does not disable HMR

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Thanks for the issue but this isn't a problem with koa-webpack. Rather, this is an issue with webpack-hot-client.

You should also resolve this error:

｢hot｣: WebSocket Server Error { Error: listen EADDRINUSE 127.0.0.1:8081

It's very relevant, actually. If you have another socket server running off of different/other settings, it's going to mess up the instance you're trying to run. I'd recommend passing a different port to the hot settings, or making sure you're closing the koa-webpack middleware instance. The assumption that a separate instance of koa-webpack, and subsequently webpack-hot-client, wouldn't try to start a new socket server is a poor one - that's a core function of the module, and essential when running multiple instances.

Looking at webpack-hot-client, we can see that the module does actually disable HMR: https://github.com/webpack-contrib/webpack-hot-client/blob/master/lib/client/index.js#L31 in the traditional sense, and instead reloads the page should an update be detected. That's the behavior that the hot option dictates. If you wanted to disable full page reload, you'd have to use the reload: false option, which currently appears to be ignored. However, if you don't want any refresh when an HMR patch is detected, then you should use webpack-dev-middleware directly, as 50% of koa-webpack's usefulness is then moot.

[heisian]

Thanks for the reply. What I meant was that it seems the other server listening on 8081 must be an existing webpack-hot-clien websockets server that didnt get closed when I SIGINT’ed my previous run of the script.

At any rate you’re right, I should simply just use webpack-dev-middleware. Thank you for the advice and help.

[liubin915249126]

['dev'] is an invalid additional property? why?

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@liubin915249126 it's considered poor form to ask an off-topic question in an issue thread. Please do have a read about Github etiquette. Your question is what is called "thread jacking." Read the README, that's not a valid option.