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node.js: delete require.cache not working

I'm trying to build a HMR for koa2 development with chokidar.

Changing text in ./middlewares/render triggers chokidar file-watch event, and require.cache cleared immediately as expected, but when I reload page, the text rendered actually not changed.

./index.js

const path = require('path');
const http = require('http');
const Koa = require('koa');
const chokidar = require('chokidar');
const views = require('./middlewares/views.js');
const render = require('./middlewares/render.js');

const PORT = 3000;

const app = new Koa();

app.use(views);

app.use(render);

const server = http.createServer(app.callback());

server.listen(PORT, function() {
  console.log('server now listening on port: %s', PORT);
});

const watcher = chokidar.watch([
  path.resolve(__dirname, './middlewares'),
]);

watcher.on('ready', function() {
  watcher.on('all', function(event, filename) {
    console.log('clearing module cache...');
        Object.keys(require.cache).forEach(function (id) {
          if (/[\/\\]middlewares[\/\\]/.test(id)) {
            console.log('delete cache: %s', id);
            delete require.cache[id];
          }
        });
  });
});

./middlewares/views.js

const views = require('koa-views');

module.exports = views('./templates', {
  http: 'ejs',
  extension: 'ejs',
});

./middlewares/render.js

module.exports = async (ctx, next) => {
  // CHANGING THIS TEXT, TRIGGERS CHOKIDAR FILE-WATCH EVENT.
  // REQUIRE.CACHE SEEMS CLEARED IMMEDIATELY.
  // BUT WHEN I RELOAD PAGE, TEXT DOES NOT CHANGES!
  const content = 'test delete require.cache.'; 
  await ctx.render('main.ejs', { content: content });
};

./templates/index.ejs

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Node Repo</title>
</head>
<body>
  <div><%- content %></div>
</body>
</html>
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Kim Avatar asked Jan 30 '26 21:01

Kim


1 Answers

Okay... This repository helped.

Previously

const views = require('./middlewares/views.js');
const render = require('./middlewares/render.js');

app.use(views);
app.use(render);

Now

app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
  const views = require('./middlewares/views.js');
  await views(ctx, next);
});

app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
  const render = require('./middlewares/render.js');
  await render(ctx, next);
});
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Kim Avatar answered Feb 02 '26 09:02

Kim