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From: Manuel Raynaud <manu@raynaud.io>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:57:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=94=A7(docker)=20run=20django=20app=20wit?=
 =?UTF-8?q?h=20uvicorn=20in=20dev=20environment?=
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The django application is running in ASGI in production, to have the
same behavior we run the development container with uvicorn too with
options more appropriated for a development evironment.
---
 Dockerfile                                    | 10 +++++++++-
 src/helm/env.d/dev/values.impress.yaml.gotmpl |  3 +--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 753bceed..6439b50e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -134,7 +134,15 @@ ENV DB_HOST=postgresql \
   DB_PORT=5432
 
 # Run django development server
-CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
+CMD [\
+  "uvicorn",\
+  "--app-dir=/app",\
+  "--host=0.0.0.0",\
+  "--lifespan=off",\
+  "--reload",\
+  "--reload-dir=/app",\
+  "impress.asgi:application"\
+  ]
 
 # ---- Production image ----
 FROM core AS backend-production
diff --git a/src/helm/env.d/dev/values.impress.yaml.gotmpl b/src/helm/env.d/dev/values.impress.yaml.gotmpl
index 1c222b1c..143f345a 100644
--- a/src/helm/env.d/dev/values.impress.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/src/helm/env.d/dev/values.impress.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -100,10 +100,9 @@ backend:
     - uvicorn
     - --app-dir=/app
     - --host=0.0.0.0
-    - --timeout-graceful-shutdown=300
-    - --limit-max-requests=20000
     - --lifespan=off
     - --reload
+    - --reload-dir=/app
     - "impress.asgi:application"
 
   createsuperuser: