es6 import doesnt notice file change

Question

I'm currently programming a discord bot in module type, and the problem with the reload command is that the import doesn't notice the file changes.

Folder structure (only what relevant)

application
├── src
│   ├── handlers
│   │   └── commands.js
│   └── commands
│       └── reload.js

commands.js

import { readdirSync } from 'fs';

async function reloadCommands(client) {
    await client.commands.clear();
    await client.aliases.clear();
    const commandFiles = readdirSync('./src/commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
    for (let i = 0; i < commandFiles.length; i++) {
        const cmd = await import(`../commands/${commandFiles[i]}`);
        await client.commands.set(cmd.default.name, cmd.default);
        console.log(`[COMMAND] Reloaded ${commandFiles[i]} with command ${cmd.default.name}${cmd.default.aliases}`);

        if (cmd.default.aliases) {
            cmd.default.aliases.forEach(async (alias)  => {
                await client.aliases.set(alias, cmd.default);
            });
        }
    }
    return commandFiles.length;
}

export default { loadCommands, reloadCommands };

reload.js

import commandHandler from '../handlers/commands.js';

export default {
    name: 'reload',
    description: 'Reloads all commands',
    aliases: ['rl'],

    async execute(message, args, client) {
        try {
            let cmd = await commandHandler.reloadCommands(client);
            message.reply(`${cmd} commands have been reloaded!`);
        } catch (error) {
            console.log(error);
        }
    }
};

Node v18.9.0

I googled but found nothing that helps me

Answer 1

I found a solution for me, if I import the commands with searchParams the cache is not used.

No idea if this causes any memory leaks

const cmd = await import(`../commands/${commandFiles[i]}?${Date.now()}`);
await client.commands.set(cmd.default.name, cmd.default);