IBM i does not support the API fs.watch() -- https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/30819/files#diff-f57f2ac1ac1926071a04f498c9fe355dR4-R6 Please add the description to the API document -- https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/fs.html#fs_availability For example, `On IBM i systems, this feature is not supported. Please use fs.watchFile() instead.`