"--watch" flag doesn't work on langgraph up

[junan-trustarc]

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• [X] I am sure that this is a bug in LangGraph/LangChain rather than my code.
• [X] I am sure this is better as an issue rather than a GitHub discussion, since this is a LangGraph bug and not a design question.

Example Code

langgraph up --watch

Error Message and Stack Trace (if applicable)

langgraph up --watch
Starting LangGraph API server...
For local dev, requires env var LANGSMITH_API_KEY with access to LangGraph Cloud closed beta.
For production use, requires a license key in env var LANGGRAPH_CLOUD_LICENSE_KEY.
\ Building...unknown flag: --watch

Description

langgraph-cli documentation has --watch flag however when I tried to run, it doesn't work. Could you help to resolve? I am using latest cli as well.

https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/cloud/reference/cli/#up

System Info

windows python 3.12.5

[hinthornw]

Do you have an old langgraph-cli version?

pip show langgraph-cli

[junan-trustarc]

Do you have an old langgraph-cli version?

pip show langgraph-cli

Thanks for reply, latest version: 0.1.52

[hinthornw]

Hello! A bit late now, but we'd recommend using langgraph dev for local development now that it's available: https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/how-tos/local-studio/

[vbarda]

Going to close, but please let us know if you are still running into this issue with langgraph dev