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spotted a regression here with rspack/webpack builders in the renovate upgrade (nuxt/nuxt#36456)

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@nuxt/cli v4.0.0-alpha.1 (baseline) vs v4.0.0-alpha.1 (this PR)

Metric baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 head v4.0.0-alpha.1 Delta
nuxt --version wall time (median) 48 ms 47 ms -1.9%
nuxt --help wall time (median) 97 ms 97 ms -0.1%
nuxt dev --help wall time (median) 76 ms 78 ms +1.8%
nuxt --version modules loaded 35 35 0.0%
nuxt --version built-ins loaded 27 27 0.0%
nuxt --help modules loaded 134 134 0.0%
nuxt --help built-ins loaded 87 87 0.0%
nuxt dev --help modules loaded 63 63 0.0%
nuxt dev --help built-ins loaded 87 87 0.0%
Installed node_modules 2.45 MB 2.45 MB -0.0%
Published tarball (packed) 239.6 kB 239.5 kB -0.0%
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@nuxt/cli v4.0.0-alpha.1 (baseline) vs v4.0.0-alpha.1 (head)

Setting Value
Baseline ref:7ec8cd27a8fcc7bcfacdb3ac4f0d24fec2381b75 (v4.0.0-alpha.1)
Head local packages/nuxt-cli at 2141abb (v4.0.0-alpha.1)
Node v24.21.0
OS Linux 6.17.0 (kernel 6.17.0-1022-azure)
CPU AMD EPYC 9V45 96-Core Processor x 4
Memory 15.6 GB
Load average at start 0.82, 0.23, 0.07
Run started 2026-10-05T08:07:12.432Z

Cold CLI startup

Median of 15 interleaved runs per command, one warmup discarded.

Command baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 median head v4.0.0-alpha.1 median Delta baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 min / p95 head v4.0.0-alpha.1 min / p95
nuxt --version 48 ms 47 ms -1.9% 46 ms / 51 ms 45 ms / 50 ms
nuxt --version (first output byte) 44 ms 43 ms -1.6% 42 ms / 47 ms 41 ms / 46 ms
nuxt --help 97 ms 97 ms -0.1% 91 ms / 109 ms 91 ms / 119 ms
nuxt --help (first output byte) 92 ms 92 ms -0.3% 86 ms / 99 ms 86 ms / 113 ms
nuxt dev --help 76 ms 78 ms +1.8% 70 ms / 81 ms 71 ms / 87 ms
nuxt dev --help (first output byte) 72 ms 72 ms +0.9% 65 ms / 76 ms 66 ms / 82 ms
nuxt <unknown-command> (no-op) 102 ms 104 ms +1.9% 95 ms / 115 ms 97 ms / 111 ms
nuxt <unknown-command> (no-op) (first output byte) 96 ms 98 ms +2.0% 90 ms / 109 ms 91 ms / 105 ms

Module load cost

Counted with a module.registerHooks load hook, compile cache disabled. Counts every JS module actually evaluated on that code path (native addons excluded). Built-ins loaded after bootstrap are counted separately, including the internal modules they load.

Command baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 modules head v4.0.0-alpha.1 modules Delta baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 source bytes head v4.0.0-alpha.1 source bytes Delta baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 built-ins head v4.0.0-alpha.1 built-ins Delta
nuxt --version 35 35 0.0% 297.8 kB 297.8 kB 0.0% 27 27 0.0%
nuxt --help 134 134 0.0% 842.5 kB 842.5 kB 0.0% 87 87 0.0%
nuxt dev --help 63 63 0.0% 453.0 kB 453.0 kB 0.0% 87 87 0.0%

Install footprint and published tarball

Each version installed on its own into an empty project with nothing but @nuxt/cli as a dependency, so the tree is exactly the CLI and its transitive dependencies. npm cache is warm and the registry is only consulted for metadata, so install wall time is indicative, not a network benchmark.

Metric baseline v4.0.0-alpha.1 head v4.0.0-alpha.1 Delta
Direct dependencies of @nuxt/cli 23 23 0.0%
Packages in the installed tree (unique name@version) 39 39 0.0%
Unique package names 39 39 0.0%
Package directories on disk (cross-check) 32 32 0.0%
Installed node_modules on disk 2.45 MB 2.45 MB -0.0%
Installed files 434 434 0.0%
Install wall time (warm npm cache, median of 3) 815 ms 818 ms +0.3%
Published tarball (packed) 239.6 kB 239.5 kB -0.0%
Published tarball (unpacked) 775.2 kB 774.9 kB -0.0%
Files in tarball 99 99 0.0%

Interleaved runs on a shared runner: trust the deltas, not the absolute timings. The dev, restart and build suites run locally via pnpm bench:cli.

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The initialization code now tracks whether Vite’s client HMR server was attached. For WebSocket requests under the build-assets path, the upgrade handler returns without forwarding to Nitro. It destroys vite-hmr and vite-ping requests only when Vite is expected but no HMR server was attached. Lifecycle tests cover asset upgrades across builder values, protocol-free requests, and non-asset upgrade routing.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 11216

An HMR connection attempted during initialization or reload can remain open without connecting. Add a bounded fallback for unclaimed upgrades before merging, or accept this limited timing risk.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 11216

The routing fix avoids interfering with bundler WebSockets, but asset requests without a consuming listener may retain connections without a deadline. The potential availability impact is limited to a reachable development-server process. No credential disclosure or cross-tenant exposure was established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: Build-assets upgrades now bypass an available Nitro fallback even when no other listener accepts them. Except for recognized Vite protocols before attachment, the handler neither closes the socket nor establishes a consuming owner or deadline. Repeated unclaimed upgrades could accumulate sockets and tracked state in a reachable development-server process. Normal reload and close clean up existing sockets, but do not bound retention during continued operation.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The identified attack scope is connection and memory pressure on one reachable development-server process. An attacker needs network access to its bind, but the local asset branch requires no authenticated identity. These sources do not establish credential access, data-store authority, or propagation into production services.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — A client can repeat valid upgrade requests under the asset prefix with no protocol or an unrecognized protocol. If all other listeners ignore them, Nuxt returns while retaining the sockets in its tracking set. Unlike the base, an available Nitro handler cannot reject these requests. Production consumer behavior remains unverified, so this is a conditional availability concern, not a demonstrated authentication bypass.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Nuxt's local Host rejection is in HTTP serving, not the upgrade callback, and the base upgrade callback also bypassed it. That local control was not newly removed by this PR. Whether Nitro supplied an additional WebSocket control, or production bundlers supply equivalent controls, is unresolved.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Tracked sockets are destroyed on close, but the inspected upgrade and server-creation blocks install no deadline for unclaimed sockets. The listener's drain timer operates only during shutdown. Load-failure reporting does not itself remove upgrade listeners; cleanup after rejected close hooks and actual production attachment ordering remain coverage gaps.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Define an explicit consumer-ownership or bounded rejection mechanism for asset upgrades, preserving independent listener handoff while closing requests nobody claims. Validate that mechanism during pre-attachment, failed initialization, and no-matching-consumer states.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: build-asset upgrade requests are left to the bundler.
Description check ✅ Passed The description identifies a regression with the rspack and webpack builders and links it to a related Nuxt pull request.
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- Line 1165: Update the upgrade handler in the visible code around its bare
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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printf '\n--- utils class/lifecycle outline ---\n'
ast-grep outline packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/utils.ts --view expanded
printf '\n--- websocket lifecycle tests continuation ---\n'
sed -n '870,1015p' packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/dev/lifecycle.spec.ts
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printf '%s\n' '--- exact pre-attach and async-listener tests ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- project-owned upgrade hooks/bindings ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- Nuxt load/build phase ---'
sed -n '829,865p' packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/utils.ts
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printf '%s\n' '--- complete upgrade registration and initialization continuation ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- websocket cleanup and reload wrapper ---'
sed -n '1329,1380p' packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/utils.ts
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Close unclaimed build-asset upgrades after a bounded delay.

During initialization or reload, a protocol-free upgrade can arrive after this listener is registered but before the bundler adds its listener. This handler then returns without responding. The later listener cannot receive that upgrade, and the socket has no server-side timeout. Add a bounded fallback that closes only sockets that remain unclaimed, without closing sockets accepted by another listener.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/utils.ts at line 1165:
Update the upgrade handler in the visible code around its bare return to
schedule a bounded fallback that closes the socket only if no other listener has
claimed it. Ensure the fallback detects claimed sockets and leaves them open.

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