# Kibana 6.3 in a --dev mode constantly restarting the server due to changes I didn't make

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**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-in-a-dev-mode-constantly-restarting-the-server-due-to-changes-i-didnt-make/229301 "2020-04-22T15:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Udod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vlad_udod/32/50887_2.png) [@Vlad\_Udod](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vlad_Udod)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-in-a-dev-mode-constantly-restarting-the-server-due-to-changes-i-didnt-make/229301/1 "2020-04-22T15:23:11Z")

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Kibana 6.3 constantly restarting the server due to changes I didn't make  
It works fine without --dev. The only option to get it working is to delete an "optimize" folder then start in prod mode, drop it and then start --dev. That is super weird behavior

What caused constant restarting the server? Do you know any possible way to fix it?

 ![kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/7/17988f7f2c18832729b2aa4711b6b9da1ec227c3.png)

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-in-a-dev-mode-constantly-restarting-the-server-due-to-changes-i-didnt-make/229301/2 "2020-04-22T16:31:57Z")

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Do you have a question we can help with on the forum? There are two things I notice about your setup:

- It's unclear to me why you are using dev mode
- You are using 6.3, which we don't support. 6.8 is the only supported release in the 6.x series
- You seem to be using windows?

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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Udod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vlad_udod/32/50887_2.png) [@Vlad\_Udod](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vlad_Udod)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-in-a-dev-mode-constantly-restarting-the-server-due-to-changes-i-didnt-make/229301/3 "2020-04-22T16:53:51Z")

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Yes, the question is: What caused constant restarting the server? Do you know any possible way to fix it?

1. i have a project where i need to make some changes, it's easier to debag in a dev mode. The full command is: node --max-old-space-size=8096 scripts/kibana --dev
2. okay
3. yes, i use windows os

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-in-a-dev-mode-constantly-restarting-the-server-due-to-changes-i-didnt-make/229301/4 "2020-05-20T16:53:55Z")

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