server-extension not picking up changes

Okay, I am not sure if it's a bug or my lack of knowledge, so apologies upfront.

Usually we restart kernel to jupyterlab to pick up changes in our python packages, however in case of server-extension sample there is no kernel and when I make changes to requests, they are not picked up with browser refresh. My solution is running jupyter lab again. I did install it in editable mode tho as on Readme file.

Could you please tell me how can I have my server-extension python changes working without re-running jupyter lab?

[fcollonval]

It is not possible.

[jtpio]

Maybe using the --autoreload flag when starting JupyterLab can slightly help? I was added to Jupyter Server in jupyter-server/jupyter_server#380.

Although it's more or a less equivalent to stopping JupyterLab and running jupyter lab again.

[joaopalmeiro]

Hi! 👋

Just to complement, if that's okay, I currently launch JupyterLab via jupyter lab --autoreload --no-browser to facilitate my workflow when developing server extensions.

I think it would be interesting to document this command (or a similar one). What do you think?

[jtpio]

I think it would be interesting to document this command (or a similar one). What do you think?

Sure, if you feel like opening a PR please do, thanks!

[fcollonval]

Closing as fixed