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feat(dev): respect --open when dev server is already running - #1629
this pr adds a new option, "Open http://localhost:3000 in browser," when the server is already running. "Take over" is a great feature that I no longer need to concer too much of the existing server is running to debug the page, however, it kinda makes me develop the bad habit of run the dev server anyway instead of spending time finding the tab. This results in me always doing "take over", but in most cases, recompiling is not even necessary - I just want to find the page. Thus I am thinking to add this new option to make it more efficient:
The prompt now reads:
○ Take over port 3000
○ Do not start (--no-takeover)
○ Open http://localhost:3000 in browser
○ Start anyway
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The takeover prompt now offers an option to open an existing server URL in a browser when the server has a URL. Selecting this option opens the URL and returns an opened result without stopping the server. The dev and preview commands exit successfully when they receive that result.
If an app uses a non-ASCII base path, the "open in browser" option opens the site root instead of the app path. The server is unaffected and the fix is small, so this can be addressed before or shortly after merge.
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The title "feat(dev): respect --open when dev server is already running" matches the main change. The PR adds an option to open an already-running dev server in a browser through the takeover prompt, instead of only offering to take over the port. The title is specific and conveys the primary behaviour change. It does not mention the prompt or the takeover flow, but it states the main point without vague terms.
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Review comments at @packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/takeover.ts:
- Line 155: Guard the open choice in the takeover flow before calling
openBrowser: only honor it when existing.url is present. If the custom
TakeoverOptions.prompt returns open without a URL, reject the choice or return a
controlled non-opening result, and ensure openBrowser receives a valid string
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@antfu are you running nuxt dev with --open at the moment? if so, I think we don't need an extra option, just that whichever you pick, whether take over or not, we open the url...
danielroe
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feat: add an option for "open url in browser" when existing server running
feat: offer to open the running dev server with --openOct 24, 2026
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Review comments at @packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/takeover.ts:
- Line 156: Before calling openBrowser for the URL resolved by
resolveBrowserURL, recheck the lock, holder PID, and port so the URL is opened
only if the server is still the expected holder; follow the takeover path’s
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- Line 141: Update LOCK_URL_PATH_RE to accept Unicode letters, combining marks,
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#!/bin/bash# Inspect whether the lock producer preserves a configured Unicode base path.
ast-grep outline packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/utils.ts --match resolveAppBaseURL --view expanded
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Accept Unicode base paths in the lock.
LOCK_URL_PATH_RE accepts only ASCII word characters. A base path such as /café/ fails the test. lockURLPath then returns undefined, and parseLockInfo omits baseURL. When the user chooses to open the server from the takeover prompt, lockAppURL falls back to /. The browser then opens the root page instead of the application path.
Accept Unicode letters, combining marks, and numbers in each segment. Keep the same punctuation set, so the value stays a plain path with no whitespace, quotes, or other shell-sensitive characters:
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--- "a/packages/nuxt-cli/src/utils/lockfile.ts"+++ "b/packages/nuxt-cli/src/utils/lockfile.ts"@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
const CONTROL_CHARS_RE = /[\u0000-\u001F\u007F-\u009F]/g
const LOCK_HOSTNAME_RE = /^[\w.:[\]-]{1,253}$/
// Plain path segments only: the base URL ends up on a browser launcher's command line.
-const LOCK_URL_PATH_RE = /^\/(?:[\w.~@+-]+\/)*[\w.~@+-]*$/+const LOCK_URL_PATH_RE = /^\/(?:[\p{L}\p{M}\p{N}_.~@+-]+\/)*[\p{L}\p{M}\p{N}_.~@+-]*$/u
function lockPid(value: unknown): number | undefined {
return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0 && value <= 2 ** 31 - 1
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Review comment at @packages/nuxt-cli/src/utils/lockfile.ts at line 141:
Update LOCK_URL_PATH_RE to accept Unicode letters, combining marks, and numbers
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whitespace, quotes, and other characters; enable Unicode property escapes with
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danielroe
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feat: offer to open the running dev server with --open
feat(dev): respect --open when dev server is already running
Oct 24, 2026
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this pr adds a new option, "Open http://localhost:3000 in browser," when the server is already running. "Take over" is a great feature that I no longer need to concer too much of the existing server is running to debug the page, however, it kinda makes me develop the bad habit of run the dev server anyway instead of spending time finding the tab. This results in me always doing "take over", but in most cases, recompiling is not even necessary - I just want to find the page. Thus I am thinking to add this new option to make it more efficient:
The prompt now reads: ○ Take over port 3000 ○ Do not start (--no-takeover) ○ Open http://localhost:3000 in browser ○ Start anyway