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fix: fall back to PollingObserver when inotify is unavailable #10

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15 changes: 12 additions & 3 deletions backend/ingestion.py
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from dotenv import load_dotenv
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.observers.polling import PollingObserver

# Add parent to path for imports
sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
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if count:
logger.info("Processed %d existing file(s) from import dir", count)

# Start watching
# Start watching — fall back to polling if inotify is unavailable (e.g. NFS,
# certain Docker volume drivers, or kernels that don't support recursive inotify)
handler = RawFileHandler()
observer = Observer()
observer.schedule(handler, IMPORT_DIR, recursive=True)
observer.start()
logger.info("👁 Watching for new files in: %s", os.path.abspath(IMPORT_DIR))
try:
observer.start()
logger.info("👁 Watching (inotify) for new files in: %s", os.path.abspath(IMPORT_DIR))
except OSError as exc:
logger.warning("inotify unavailable (%s), falling back to polling observer", exc)
observer = PollingObserver()
observer.schedule(handler, IMPORT_DIR, recursive=True)
observer.start()
logger.info("👁 Watching (polling) for new files in: %s", os.path.abspath(IMPORT_DIR))
logger.info("Press Ctrl+C to stop")

try:
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