dev server doesn't reload on template change in Windows

[jonathan.strong@…]

running the dev server for the latest stable/1.7.x build in Windows 8, I noticed that it does not auto reload when I change and save a template file. It does reload when I change and save a view file.

[Tim Graham]

"The development server automatically reloads Python code for each request, as needed." There shouldn't be a need to reload templates as they aren't cached like Python code is, but if I'm missing something please reopen.

[Pavel Sutyrin]

Hi folks,

Fix me if I am wrong, but when developing templates thru dev server (I've tried both stock devserver for 1.7.3 and replacement django-devserver) I need my templates be reloaded from disk every request, that's the very purpose of devserver — to server the very latest stuff, no caching whatsoever (unless explicitly told so).

Currently it takes some 30 seconds to catch up changed templates. My only template loader is app_directories loader, and from it's source I can see no caching directly involved.

As a workaround, I have to touch some .py file to make server reload by it's default rules, quite a clumsy solution.

I'm developing at Ubuntu 14.04, django 1.7.3 from pip.

[Simon Charette]

Hi spacediver,

If your development server caches templates for 30 seconds or until you force a server reload it's most probably because you are relying on some form of explicit ​in-memory template caching or have a third-party installed app doing it for you (such as django-cms).

Anyways, I'm going to re-close this ticket as invalid since I cannot reproduce with a stock 1.7.3 install on Ubuntu 14.04 and your report isn't related to Windows.

Please open a new ticket if you can provide more details on how to reproduce your issue from a stock 1.7.3 install, thanks.