Hot reload not working

Shopify CLI and Libraries
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I have reproduced the issue on the latest CLI version.

Yes, I am on the latest version

I have searched existing posts and this report is not a duplicate.

Yes, this isn’t a duplicate

In which of these areas are you experiencing a problem?

Extension

Expected behavior

When running shopify app dev, hot reload should update the files in a theme extension’s asset folder.

Actual behavior

Changes in the asset folder trigger hot reload and it then logs that the files has been updated, but it actually doesn’t update it.

Reproduction steps

Run shopify app dev
In a theme extension change the contents of a file in the assets folder
Check the browser console for hot-reload’s logs
Check file for the updated change

Verbose output

[HotReload] Updated extension CSS: assets/price-history.css

Operating system

Mac OS Tahoe v26.2

CLI version

v3.93.1

Shell

iTerm2

Nodejs version

v25.6.1

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Is this happening for you on the local dev preview link, i.e. http://127.0.0.1:9292, or the shareable one with .myshopify.com? I’m running into the same issue with the shareable one, code changes do not reflect for me at all. I was able to force it to update by running shopify theme delete from the CLI then recreating it with shopify theme dev, but that’s not exactly a good long term fix from a dev speed standpoint.

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It’s happening on the localhost link. It works fine for me on the preview link, but just means I have to manually reload the page unfortunately.