Shopware 6 Hot Module Reloading in Production mode does not reload compiled files

I am using the production version of Shopware 6.4.7 with my own custom theme installed and activated. When I start the watcher via bin/watch-storefront.sh the live reload server seems to start normally and compiles my files. When I go to the live reload URL with the supplied port (http://shopware1.local:8889) I can see my website and previous SCSS changes are compiled.

What does not happen is the following:

• JS changes are not compiled
• I do not see any logging I would expect when running HMR
• SCSS changes are not reloaded, even though my terminal output states they are recompiled
• JS changes are not reloaded, even though my terminal output states they are recompiled

When I run a full build using bin/build-storefront.sh all assets are compiled as expected. What could be the issue here?

Solution 1:

For anyone who also ran into this: After re-installing my setup I figured it out; you should set up the site in dev mode in order for livereload to work. Contrary to what the SW6 training video's specify.