I’m running my Django project in a development environment using:
python manage.py runserver
Sometimes, after a while, the server stops running automatically without showing any error. I’m not sure if this is expected behavior in development, or if it indicates a problem with my environment.
I’m using Windows 11, Python 3.12, Django 5.0.4, and a virtual environment.
Are there scenarios where the development server can stop by itself, and what is the recommended way to handle long-running development sessions?
Welcome @JosueEtta !
What do you consider “after a while”?
I have run runserver for hours at a stretch without any problems. (On Linux. I’ve stopped trying to develop on Windows years ago.)
Have you checked log files or Windows Event Viewer for messages?
Or with the code you’re running. It’s tough to tell.
Periodic restarts. Is there a particular reason why you’re running this for a long period of time without restarting it?
Thank you for your reply
First my development server stop running after 5 minutes
I don’t usually restart because I am still developing the project
That’s definitely unusual.
Please be more specific and supply more details about this.
How exactly are you running runserver? (From within an IDE? From the command prompt? From powershell?)
When you say it “stops running”, does it return to whatever prompt you ran it from? Or does it just hang?
Are you seeing any related events in Windows Event Viewer?
What happens if you start runserver and then don’t issue any requests? Does it still exit?
Is there any particular url you are requesting that appears to be triggering this behavior?
Does this happen with every project or just this one specific project?
When you start runserver it normally produces about a dozen lines of output. Please post that output here.
Also post the last 3-5 lines of the output when it stops.