Merge branch 'master' into enhance-tar-corruption-debugging

Author: davidfirst

scopes/ui-foundation/ui/webpack/webpack.dev.config.ts

@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ export function devConfig(workspaceDir, entryFiles, title): WebpackConfigWithDev
           // Can be:
           // serveIndex: {} (options for the `serveIndex` option you can find https://github.com/expressjs/serve-index)
           serveIndex: true,
-          // Can be:
-          // watch: {} (options for the `watch` option you can find https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar)
-          watch: true,
+          // Disabled: The static public directory typically doesn't exist, and when Chokidar
+          // watches a non-existent path, it recursively watches parent directories until it
+          // finds one that exists - potentially watching the entire workspace root.
+          // This causes unnecessary file system events and wastes FSEvents streams on macOS.
+          watch: false,
         },
       ],
 

scopes/webpack/webpack/config/webpack.dev.config.ts

@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ export function configFactory(
           // Can be:
           // serveIndex: {} (options for the `serveIndex` option you can find https://github.com/expressjs/serve-index)
           serveIndex: true,
-          // Can be:
-          // watch: {} (options for the `watch` option you can find https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar)
-          watch: true,
+          // Disabled: The static public directory typically doesn't exist, and when Chokidar
+          // watches a non-existent path, it recursively watches parent directories until it
+          // finds one that exists - potentially watching the entire workspace root.
+          // This causes unnecessary file system events and wastes FSEvents streams on macOS.
+          watch: false,
         },
       ],