Refresh & LiveReload not working

[albas99]

I'm setting my repo up using docker with colima on macos 26.3. I've managed to the server up and running (after a multitude of other issues) but right now when i change the content it's not reflecting even when i force reload it, the only way to get it to reflect is to restart the entire container. Any clues on how I should fix this? Here are my current config and docker-compose files below:
comfig.yml

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Site settings
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

title: blank # the website title (if blank, full name will be used instead)
first_name: Faisal
middle_name:
last_name: Albasu
contact_note: >
  You can even add a little note about which of these is the best way to reach you.
description: > # the ">" symbol means to ignore newlines until "footer_text:"
  A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
footer_text: >
  Powered by <a href="https://jekyllrb.com/" target="_blank">Jekyll</a> with <a href="https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio">al-folio</a> theme.
  Hosted by <a href="https://pages.github.com/" target="_blank">GitHub Pages</a>.
  Photos from <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank">Unsplash</a>.
keywords: jekyll, jekyll-theme, academic-website, portfolio-website # add your own keywords or leave empty
lang: en # the language of your site (for example: en, fr, cn, ru, etc.)
icon: ⚛️ # the emoji used as the favicon (alternatively, provide image name in /assets/img/)

url: https://albas99.github.io # the base hostname & protocol for your site
baseurl: ""  # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog/. Leave blank for root
last_updated: false # set to true if you want to display last updated in the footer
impressum_path: # set to path to include impressum link in the footer, use the same path as permalink in a page, helps to conform with EU GDPR
back_to_top: true # set to false to disable the back to top button

docker-compose.yml

# this file uses prebuilt image in dockerhub
services:
  jekyll:
    image: amirpourmand/al-folio:v0.16.3
    build: .
    # uncomment these if you are having this issue with the build:
    # /usr/local/bundle/gems/jekyll-4.3.4/lib/jekyll/site.rb:509:in `initialize': Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - /srv/jekyll/.jekyll-cache/.gitignore (Errno::EACCES)
    # and fill the args values with the output of the commands on the right
    # build:
    #   args:
    #     GROUPID: # id -g
    #     GROUPNAME: # id -gn
    #     USERID: # id -u
    #     USERNAME: # echo $USER
    command: >
      bundle exec jekyll serve
      --watch
      --force-polling
      --livereload
      --host 0.0.0.0
      --port 8081
    ports:
      - 8081:8081
      - 35729:35729
    volumes:
      - .:/srv/jekyll
    environment:
      - JEKYLL_ENV=development
     ```

[conterGui]

Since you are using Colima on macOS, the file change events (inotify) often don't pass correctly from the host to the container. Even with --force-polling, the volume mounting might be the issue.
Try these steps to fix the live reload:
Check Colima Mount Type: Ensure you are using virtiofs for better performance and file syncing. Restart colima with:
colima stop && colima start --mount-type virtiofs
Update Docker-Compose: Sometimes Jekyll needs more permissions to watch files in a mounted volume. Try adding user: root or explicitly setting the polling interval in your command:
yaml
command: bundle exec jekyll serve --watch --force-polling --incremental --host 0.0.0.0

Verify Volume Path: Ensure you are running the command from the exact root of your project so that .:/srv/jekyll maps correctly.
If none of these work, try deleting the .jekyll-cache folder and restarting the container one last time.