Infinity loop freezes yarn start, process doesn't handle end (ctrl+c) only kill

[ghost]

Is this a bug report?

yes

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

yes

Environment

System:
OS: Linux 4.15 Linux Mint 19 (Tara)
CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Binaries:
Node: 11.0.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.0.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.12.1 - /usr/bin/yarn
npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.0.0/bin/npm
Browsers:
Firefox: 63.0
npmPackages:
react: 16.6.0
react-dom: Not Found
react-scripts: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
create-react-app: Not Found
yarn global packages:

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Steps to Reproduce

(Write your steps here:)

1. yarn start
2. make changes in code for ~15 minutes

Actual Behavior

server freezes (no response with curl, port is open)
Bugs:
react-scripts/scripts/start

• 25% CPU usage with 4 core CPU
• +70 MB ram usage compared to start
  terminal
• pressing ctrl+c in terminal doesn't kill process
• process not responding to task manager / end, only to kill

I tried with gnome terminal, vscode terminal, vscode yarn extension neither works

[ghost]

maybe duplicate with #5667 ?

[tamj0rd2]

I'm having the same issue. After 15-20 minutes no changes to the code have any effect and the server is unresponsive (browser says This site can’t be reached). I've rolled back to node v10.0.0 as a temporary fix which has worked.

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