[theoephraim]

Closes #1235.

enableExtraFileWatchers used persistent fs.watchFile watchers, so any process that loads the Next config in dev mode stayed alive forever. Since Next 16.0.3 the telemetry detached-flush helper relies on the event loop draining to exit, so every next dev stop left one orphaned process behind.

The watchers now pass persistent: false. The dev server stays alive through its HTTP server, so env reloading is unaffected.

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The changes in this PR will be included in the next version bump.

Patch releases

• @varlock/nextjs-integration 1.2.5 → 1.2.6

Bump files in this PR

• nextjs-nonpersistent-watchers.md (view diff) (edit)

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[pullfrog]

✅ No new issues found.

Reviewed changes across the extra env watcher setup, its regression assertion, and the package release entry.

• Watcher lifetime: Extra env file polling uses persistent: false, allowing short-lived config-loading processes to exit without changing reload callbacks or polling frequency.
• Regression coverage: The existing FIFO test checks that installed watchers are non-persistent.
• Release entry: Records the process-lifetime fix for @varlock/nextjs-integration.

The integration build and all 57 unit tests passed. A Node subprocess using the built dev-mode loader exited naturally. Full Next.js server reload and telemetry-helper end-to-end scenarios were not run.

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