From 212da1029e9a0ed786b5a1bfaf10183bfef9a790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abuckenheimer <abuckenheimer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 14:48:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] disabled auto_reload by default in windows (#1280)

---
 sanic/app.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index f9eda2d4..e82028f4 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ class Sanic:
         """
         # Default auto_reload to false
         auto_reload = False
-        # If debug is set, default it to true
-        if debug:
+        # If debug is set, default it to true (unless on windows)
+        if debug and os.name == 'posix':
             auto_reload = True
         # Allow for overriding either of the defaults
         auto_reload = kwargs.get("auto_reload", auto_reload)