From 4c808c90ab7541c7b341f8ac2a225f4f9fca2f98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitriy <ezheg89@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:51:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix memory leak on restart nuxt-dev (#2190)

---
 lib/builder/builder.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/builder/builder.js b/lib/builder/builder.js
index a63e46950c..9427a41c2d 100644
--- a/lib/builder/builder.js
+++ b/lib/builder/builder.js
@@ -449,10 +449,16 @@ export default class Builder {
           return
         }
         // Server, build and watch for changes
-        compiler.watch(this.options.watchers.webpack, (err) => {
+        const watching = compiler.watch(this.options.watchers.webpack, (err) => {
           /* istanbul ignore if */
           if (err) return reject(err)
         })
+
+        // Stop watching on nuxt.close()
+        this.nuxt.hook('close', () => {
+          watching.close()
+        })
+        
         return
       }
       // --- Production Build ---