From a0e9a51c3c51882449fc3464739aea25b9ad5b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From d12fea40da07b59fe79a6c157faef510d0a1beea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:17:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add --no-watch flag to disable config file auto-restart

Co-authored-by: waldekmastykarz <11164679+waldekmastykarz@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 DevProxy.Abstractions/Proxy/IProxyConfiguration.cs |  1 +
 DevProxy/Commands/DevProxyCommand.cs               | 12 ++++++++++++
 DevProxy/Proxy/ConfigFileWatcher.cs                |  6 ++++++
 DevProxy/Proxy/ProxyConfiguration.cs               |  1 +
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/DevProxy.Abstractions/Proxy/IProxyConfiguration.cs b/DevProxy.Abstractions/Proxy/IProxyConfiguration.cs
index 59f1d6d0..67693c60 100644
--- a/DevProxy.Abstractions/Proxy/IProxyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/DevProxy.Abstractions/Proxy/IProxyConfiguration.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public interface IProxyConfiguration
     LogLevel LogLevel { get; }
     ReleaseType NewVersionNotification { get; }
     bool NoFirstRun { get; set; }
+    bool NoWatch { get; set; }
     int Port { get; set; }
     bool Record { get; set; }
     bool ShowTimestamps { get; }
diff --git a/DevProxy/Commands/DevProxyCommand.cs b/DevProxy/Commands/DevProxyCommand.cs
index c5c4b8b3..1a217db4 100644
--- a/DevProxy/Commands/DevProxyCommand.cs
+++ b/DevProxy/Commands/DevProxyCommand.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ sealed class DevProxyCommand : RootCommand
         Description = "The path to the configuration file"
     };
     internal const string NoFirstRunOptionName = "--no-first-run";
+    internal const string NoWatchOptionName = "--no-watch";
     internal const string AsSystemProxyOptionName = "--as-system-proxy";
     internal const string InstallCertOptionName = "--install-cert";
     internal const string UrlsToWatchOptionName = "--urls-to-watch";
@@ -312,6 +313,11 @@ private void ConfigureCommand()
             Description = "Skip the first run experience"
         };
 
+        var noWatchOption = new Option<bool?>(NoWatchOptionName)
+        {
+            Description = "Disable automatic restart on configuration file changes"
+        };
+
         var discoverOption = new Option<bool?>(DiscoverOptionName)
         {
             Description = "Run Dev Proxy in discovery mode"
@@ -427,6 +433,7 @@ private void ConfigureCommand()
             logForOption,
             logLevelOption,
             noFirstRunOption,
+            noWatchOption,
             portOption,
             recordOption,
             timeoutOption,
@@ -493,6 +500,11 @@ private void ConfigureFromOptions(ParseResult parseResult)
         {
             _proxyConfiguration.NoFirstRun = noFirstRun.Value;
         }
+        var noWatch = parseResult.GetValueOrDefault<bool?>(NoWatchOptionName);
+        if (noWatch is not null)
+        {
+            _proxyConfiguration.NoWatch = noWatch.Value;
+        }
         var asSystemProxy = parseResult.GetValueOrDefault<bool?>(AsSystemProxyOptionName);
         if (asSystemProxy is not null)
         {
diff --git a/DevProxy/Proxy/ConfigFileWatcher.cs b/DevProxy/Proxy/ConfigFileWatcher.cs
index b3d71003..261ff4d4 100644
--- a/DevProxy/Proxy/ConfigFileWatcher.cs
+++ b/DevProxy/Proxy/ConfigFileWatcher.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ public static void Reset()
 
     public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        if (_proxyConfiguration.NoWatch)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug("Configuration file watching is disabled");
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
         var configFilePath = _proxyConfiguration.ConfigFile;
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(configFilePath) || !File.Exists(configFilePath))
         {
diff --git a/DevProxy/Proxy/ProxyConfiguration.cs b/DevProxy/Proxy/ProxyConfiguration.cs
index 381fcc83..02e2ae32 100755
--- a/DevProxy/Proxy/ProxyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/DevProxy/Proxy/ProxyConfiguration.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public string ConfigFile
     [JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter))]
     public LogLevel LogLevel { get; set; } = LogLevel.Information;
     public bool NoFirstRun { get; set; }
+    public bool NoWatch { get; set; }
     [JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter))]
     public ReleaseType NewVersionNotification { get; set; } = ReleaseType.Stable;
     public int Port { get; set; } = 8000;