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Failed to start filesystem watcher for folder yourLabel (yourID): failed to
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set up inotify handler. Please increase inotify limits, see https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#inotify-limits
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Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192). If
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you have many directories, you will need to adjust that number.
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Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192).
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If you have many directories (including subdirectories), you will need to adjust
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that number. Note that the many other services use inotify watches - even if you
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are not watching a particularly large number of directories through Syncthing,
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you still may hit this limit due to use by other programs.
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There are [tools available](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60705427) which allow
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a user to quickly see how many watches are being used and by which processes.
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On many Linux distributions you can run the following to fix it::
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