[Python] Why does Django not hot-reload on M1 Mac?

I have a Django application. Back when I was using an Intel mac, it's hot-reloading functionality was working. However, a year ago I switched to one of the new Macs and now I can't get it to hot-reload.

Here is my settings.py:


import os

import firebase_admin

BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

SECRET_KEY_1 = '12312312'
# ... some more secret keys

DISABLE_SERVER_SIDE_CURSORS = True

DEBUG = True

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'my_project.MyUser'

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']

INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'my_project',
]

MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'

TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'my_project/'),
],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wsgi.application'
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'user',
'USER': 'user',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '5432',
},
'replica': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'user',
'USER': 'user',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '5432',
},
}

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 0
SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True
SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = False
X_FRAME_OPTIONS = 'DENY'
CSRF_HEADER_NAME = 'HTTP_X_CSRFTOKEN'
CSRF_COOKIE_NAME = 'csrftoken'

SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')
SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = os.environ.get('SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT', '') == 'True'

STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage'

FIREBASE_APP = firebase_admin.initialize_app()


When I run the server (python3 manage.py runserver):

Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...
April 18, 2025 - 02:29:48
Django version 3.2.13, using settings 'settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.


Any time I update any .py file, I expect the server to reload but it doesn't.

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