IntelliJ and Tomcat….changed files are not automatically recognized by Tomcat

This cannot be done if you deploy a war with IntelliJ IDEA. However, it can be if you deploy an exploded war. In IDEA: open your Tomcat Run/Debug configuration (Run > Edit Configurations) Go to the “Deployment” tab In the “Deploy at Server Startup” section, remove (if present) the artifact my-webapp-name:war Click the add icon, … Read more