—watch cli option prevents Worker execution

[dandre3000]

Version

v20.17.0

Platform

Microsoft Windows x64 [Version 10.0.19045.5131]

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

// main.js
import { Worker } from ‘worker_threads’

const w = new Worker(‘./worker.js’)
w.on(‘message’, event => console.log(event))

// worker.js
import { parentPort } from ‘worker_threads’

parentPort.postMessage(‘ayo’)

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

In terminal: node ./main.js —watch

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

The worker should send a message to the main thread.

What do you see instead?

No response from the worker.

Additional information

No response