CLI Watch never end 2 CPU cores at 100% · Issue #17246 · tailwindlabs/tailwindcss (original) (raw)

What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

v4.0.14

What version of Node.js are you using?

v20.18.0

What operating system are you using?

Windows 11

Reproduction URL

I just use the Tailwind4 directory of https://github.com/pinzonjulian/tailwind_css_cli_watch_bug.git

git clone https://github.com/pinzonjulian/tailwind_css_cli_watch_bug.git cd tailwind4 npm install tailwindcss @tailwindcss/cli npx @tailwindcss/cli -i input.css -o output.css --watch

Describe your issue

Command never end, there is no output, 2 cores at 100%.

If I remove output.css, the process don't create it.

When I remove --watch.
It works :

$env:DEBUG=1; npx @tailwindcss/cli -i input.css -o output.css ≈ tailwindcss v4.0.14

Done in 91ms

[95.04ms] [@tailwindcss/cli] (initial build) [14.09ms] ↳ Setup compiler [38.04ms] ↳ Scan for candidates [33.33ms] ↳ Build CSS [ 1.06ms] ↳ Write output

Could a global configuration be the cause of the problem?