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The built client SPA is the bulk of the @nuxt/devtools tarball. Following devframe's remote assets pattern (the same one devframe's own plugins use, e.g. @devframes/plugin-data-inspector--assets), the client now ships as a separate, version-locked @nuxt/devtools-assets package and is no longer bundled into @nuxt/devtools.

How it resolves

Per devframe's resolution order, the client UI is served from:

  1. a locally installed@nuxt/devtools-assets (zero network — the monorepo/e2e flows via the workspace dev-dependency, and offline/air-gapped installs via the optional exact-version peer dependency), then
  2. the on-disk cache, then
  3. the CDN back-proxy (jsDelivr), streaming each file to the browser and caching it on the way past.

Mount-path portable client

Serving through ctx.views.hostStatic requires the SPA to be servable verbatim — the previous serve-time __NUXT_DEVTOOLS_BASE__index.html rewrite is gone. The production client build is now mount-path portable:

  • hash routing (router.options.hashMode) keeps the document URL at the mount root, so relative URLs always resolve (and a reload now restores the active tab);
  • copy-client.mjs post-processes the generated HTML shells: asset URLs become relative (./_nuxt/…) and the inline runtime-config baseURL becomes a location-derived expression (Nuxt cannot generate with a relative base directly — the build keeps the placeholder and the copy step rewrites it, failing loudly if Nuxt's serialization changes).

Connection meta is now also mounted on the client base (as the hub does for each devframe it installs), so a direct navigation to /__nuxt_devtools__/client/ discovers the RPC endpoint — previously only the hub-embedded flow connected.

Dogfooding

The nuxi dev client flow (where the app under development is the client) is detected by rootDir — the module skips the static mount and points the dock at the live app's own base. No module option needed; the client app only exists in this repo, never next to the published package.

Nightly releases

The assets package name is derived from the module's own peer-dependency entry, so nightly builds (renamed via npm:<name>-nightly@<version> alias ranges by scripts/bump-nightly.ts) fetch their matching nightly assets automatically.

Notes

  • @nuxt/devtools-assets must be published together with each @nuxt/devtools release (bumpp -r --all keeps versions in lockstep; the release workflow publishes all workspace packages). Until the first publish, only locally-installed resolution serves the UI — devframe logs a DF0059 warning and falls through gracefully otherwise.
  • turbo: the assets build task is uncacheable (its inputs — packages/devtools/client/** — live outside the package) and explicitly depends only on @nuxt/devtools-kit#build to avoid a cycle with @nuxt/devtools's dev-dependency on the assets package.
  • Verified: lint, typecheck, unit tests, test:e2e:built pass; the portable build was manually verified served verbatim at an arbitrary mount path and through a playground dev server (RPC connects, hash router works), and the dogfooding dev server serves the live client unshadowed. The *:dev e2e suite fails identically on unmodified main in this sandbox (the hub never mounts the client iframe headlessly here), so those failures are environmental — CI should tell.

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…s-assets
The built client SPA no longer ships inside the @nuxt/devtools tarball.
It is published as the version-locked @nuxt/devtools-assets package and
declared as a devframe remote-assets source: a locally installed copy is
served with zero network (monorepo, e2e, offline/air-gapped installs),
otherwise files stream on demand from a CDN mirror of npm into an
on-disk cache.
The client build is now mount-path portable — hash routing plus relative
asset URLs with a location-derived runtime baseURL — so devframe's
ctx.views.hostStatic serves the directory verbatim and the serve-time
__NUXT_DEVTOOLS_BASE__ index.html rewrite is gone. Connection meta is
mounted on the client base like the hub does for its devframes, so a
direct navigation to /__nuxt_devtools__/client/ now discovers the RPC
endpoint too.
A new clientAssets module option overrides the source: a directory path
serves a local build, false skips mounting (used by the dogfooding
client app itself).
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The PR adds the @nuxt/devtools-assets package for pre-built client assets. It separates client generation from module builds and adds explicit Turbo ordering. The client uses hash routing and mount-relative asset URLs. The packaging script rewrites generated HTML and validates runtime configuration placeholders. The module resolves version-matched assets, mounts them through devframe when needed, and selects the correct client URL. The PR removes iframe synchronization state and related public APIs.

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In `@packages/devtools/package.json`:
- Line 35: Update both `@nuxt/devtools-assets` declarations in
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"prepack": "pnpm build"
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"peerDependencies": {
"@nuxt/devtools-assets": "workspace:*",

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the workspace catalog for @nuxt/devtools-assets.

Both dependency declarations use workspace:*. Replace them with catalog:<name>. Add the matching asset package version to the appropriate catalog in pnpm-workspace.yaml.

  • packages/devtools/package.json#L35-L35: reference the optional peer dependency through the catalog.
  • packages/devtools/package.json#L88-L88: reference the development dependency through the same catalog entry.

As per coding guidelines, reference dependency versions using catalog:<name> in package manifests instead of pinning raw versions; add missing versions to the appropriate catalog in pnpm-workspace.yaml.

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In `@packages/devtools/package.json` at line 35, Update both `@nuxt/devtools-assets`
declarations in packages/devtools/package.json at lines 35-35 and 88-88 to use
the same catalog:&lt;name&gt; reference instead of workspace:*. Add the matching
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antfubotand others added 4 commits August 21, 2026 07:42
…client by rootDir
The only real consumer was the client app itself opting out of the
static mount. The module already knows its own client app's directory,
so detect that rootDir instead — the client app only exists in this
repo, never next to the published package.
Each package's prepack ran its own build in isolation, never building
its workspace dependencies. `pnpm -r publish` skips packages whose
version already exists on npm, so a skipped dep's dist could be absent
when a dependent package's prepack runs — e.g. @nuxt/devtools-assets'
client generate consumes @nuxt/devtools-kit.
Route each prepack through `turbo run build --filter=<self>` so turbo's
dependsOn graph builds workspace deps in the correct order and cache-
restores shared ones. Also scope @nuxt/devtools#build to @nuxt/devtools-kit
only, so packing the module no longer regenerates the uncacheable client
it no longer ships.
The DevTools client is now hosted by devframe / the Vite DevTools hub,
so Nuxt DevTools no longer creates or manages its own client iframe. Drop
the dead v3 embedding path:
- `view/client.ts`: `getIframe`, `syncClient`, `waitForClientInjection`,
the `iframe` local and the `devtools:navigate` route-persistence handler
- the `__NUXT_DEVTOOLS_VIEW__` injection protocol (host guard, window
global type, and the client-side `setClient` defineProperty)
- `view/state.ts` frame-geometry storage and the dead client-side
`useDevToolsFrameState`/`useDevToolsPanelsState` twins
- `NuxtDevtoolsHostClient.getIframe`/`syncClient`/`app.frameState`,
the `DevToolsFrameState` and `NuxtDevtoolsGlobal` types
- the `iframeProps` module option (only the removed iframe consumed it)
The current host<->client bridge (`__NUXT_DEVTOOLS_HOST__` +
`connectParent`), the component inspector, and popup mode
(`__NUXT_DEVTOOLS_DISABLE__`) are unaffected.
BREAKING CHANGE: the `iframeProps` module option is removed; the client
iframe is now managed by the Vite DevTools hub.
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