[bug] watcher not working

[PierreRust]

Describe the bug

when starting a clean install of CWA using docker compose (using the template from the readme), I get the following errors :

calibre-web-automated  | ========== STARTING METADATA CHANGE DETECTOR ===========
calibre-web-automated  | [metadata-change-detector] Watching folder: /app/calibre-web-automated/metadata_change_logs
calibre-web-automated  | ========== STARTING CWA-INGEST SERVICE ==========
calibre-web-automated  | Setting up watches.
calibre-web-automated  | Failed to watch /app/calibre-web-automated/metadata_change_logs; upper limit on inotify watches reached!
calibre-web-automated  | Please increase the amount of inotify watches allowed per user via `/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches'.

I've tried

• increasing the number of watches
• setting CWA_WATCH_MODE=poll to avoid inotify

It doesn't fix the issue, I still get the error messages and the startup is stuck in a loop.

To Reproduce

Expected behavior

I expected CWA to start, with inotify watches, or polling.

Configuration(please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu LTS 24.04
• Hardware: x86 server
• Version: crocodilestick/calibre-web-automated:latest
  in the container :

# cat CWA_RELEASE
V3.1.4

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