diff --git a/.bumpy/quiet-wrangler-noop-reloads.md b/.bumpy/quiet-wrangler-noop-reloads.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b160df2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpy/quiet-wrangler-noop-reloads.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@varlock/cloudflare-integration": patch
+---
+
+Quiet `varlock-wrangler dev` on macOS when env files are only opened/inspected: ignore `fs.watch` events with unchanged mtime, and log same-content no-op reloads only under `VARLOCK_DEBUG`.
diff --git a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/package.json b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/package.json
index 6b5159fc7..98156bf86 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/package.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "tsup --watch",
     "build": "tsup",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
+    "test": "vitest",
+    "test:ci": "vitest --run"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "varlock",
diff --git a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/varlock-wrangler.ts b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/varlock-wrangler.ts
index 2993af271..b03667053 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/varlock-wrangler.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/varlock-wrangler.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { spawn, execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
 import { execSyncVarlock, VarlockExecError } from 'varlock/exec-sync-varlock';
 import { encryptEnvBlobSync, generateEncryptionKeyHex } from 'varlock/encrypt-env';
+import { getFileMtimeMs, shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime } from './watch-mtime';
 
 const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
 const debugEnabled = !!process.env.VARLOCK_DEBUG;
@@ -595,7 +596,10 @@ async function handleDev(args: Array<string>) {
           const changedMsg = changedFileList.length
             ? `change detected in ${changedFileList.length} env source file${changedFileList.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}`
             : 'change detected in env source files';
-          console.log(`[varlock-wrangler] ${changedMsg}; reloaded env, no changes found, skipping restart.`);
+          // Quiet by default: same-content saves (mtime changed, graph unchanged)
+          // and any residual no-ops. Spurious mtime-unchanged events are filtered
+          // before scheduleRestart runs.
+          debug(`${changedMsg}; reloaded env, no changes found, skipping restart.`);
           restartTimeout = undefined;
           return;
         }
@@ -638,12 +642,25 @@ async function handleDev(args: Array<string>) {
   }
 
   // set up watchers on env source files
+  // Track mtimes so we can ignore macOS/editor fs.watch noise that fires when a
+  // file is opened or inspected without being rewritten (mtime stays the same).
+  const sourceMtimes = new Map<string, number | undefined>();
   if (loaded.graph.basePath) {
     for (const source of loaded.graph.sources) {
       if (!source.enabled || !source.path) continue;
       const fullPath = join(loaded.graph.basePath, source.path);
       try {
-        const w = watch(fullPath, () => scheduleRestart(fullPath));
+        sourceMtimes.set(fullPath, getFileMtimeMs(fullPath));
+        const w = watch(fullPath, () => {
+          const nextMtime = getFileMtimeMs(fullPath);
+          const prevMtime = sourceMtimes.get(fullPath);
+          if (shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(prevMtime, nextMtime)) {
+            debug('dev: ignoring watch event with unchanged mtime', fullPath);
+            return;
+          }
+          sourceMtimes.set(fullPath, nextMtime);
+          scheduleRestart(fullPath);
+        });
         watchers.push(w);
         debug('dev: watching', fullPath);
       } catch {
diff --git a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/watch-mtime.test.ts b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/watch-mtime.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..701a465d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/watch-mtime.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime } from './watch-mtime';
+
+describe('shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime', () => {
+  it('ignores when both mtimes are defined and equal', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(1000, 1000)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not ignore when mtime advanced', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(1000, 1001)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not ignore when previous mtime is unknown', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(undefined, 1000)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not ignore when next mtime is unknown', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(1000, undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does not ignore when both mtimes are unknown', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(undefined, undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/watch-mtime.ts b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/watch-mtime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6cf0985c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/watch-mtime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { statSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+/** Returns file mtime in ms, or undefined if the path cannot be statted. */
+export function getFileMtimeMs(filePath: string): number | undefined {
+  try {
+    return statSync(filePath).mtimeMs;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * True when a watch event should be ignored because the file's mtime did not
+ * change. macOS (and some editors/agents) emit fs.watch events when a file is
+ * merely opened or inspected without rewriting it.
+ *
+ * If either mtime is unknown, do not ignore — safer to reload than to miss a
+ * real change (e.g. file was deleted then recreated).
+ */
+export function shouldIgnoreUnchangedMtime(
+  previousMtimeMs: number | undefined,
+  nextMtimeMs: number | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  return previousMtimeMs !== undefined
+    && nextMtimeMs !== undefined
+    && previousMtimeMs === nextMtimeMs;
+}