feat(dev): narrate the wait between ready and the first page - #1496
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| Setting | Value |
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| Baseline | ref:7c7bbb5b3e537c05d85b72cad23c9b898a966984 (v4.0.0-alpha.0) |
| Head | local packages/nuxt-cli at 30a865e (v4.0.0-alpha.0) |
| Node | v24.19.0 |
| OS | Linux 6.17.0 (kernel 6.17.0-1022-azure) |
| CPU | AMD EPYC 9V74 80-Core Processor x 4 |
| Memory | 15.6 GB |
| Load average at start | 0.69, 0.22, 0.08 |
| Run started | 2026-08-25T19:21:18.493Z |
Cold CLI startup
Median of 15 interleaved runs per command, one warmup discarded.
| Command | baseline v4.0.0-alpha.0 median | head v4.0.0-alpha.0 median | Delta | baseline v4.0.0-alpha.0 min / p95 | head v4.0.0-alpha.0 min / p95 |
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nuxt --version |
68 ms | 68 ms | +0.1% | 65 ms / 72 ms | 65 ms / 75 ms |
nuxt --version (first output byte) |
63 ms | 63 ms | +0.1% | 61 ms / 67 ms | 61 ms / 70 ms |
nuxt --help |
142 ms | 142 ms | -0.1% | 138 ms / 146 ms | 136 ms / 146 ms |
nuxt --help (first output byte) |
136 ms | 136 ms | -0.0% | 132 ms / 140 ms | 130 ms / 140 ms |
nuxt dev --help |
108 ms | 108 ms | -0.2% | 105 ms / 113 ms | 104 ms / 112 ms |
nuxt dev --help (first output byte) |
103 ms | 103 ms | -0.2% | 100 ms / 107 ms | 99 ms / 107 ms |
nuxt <unknown-command> (no-op) |
149 ms | 149 ms | -0.4% | 145 ms / 154 ms | 146 ms / 153 ms |
nuxt <unknown-command> (no-op) (first output byte) |
144 ms | 143 ms | -0.5% | 139 ms / 148 ms | 140 ms / 147 ms |
Module load cost
Counted with a module.registerHooks load hook, compile cache disabled. Counts every JS module actually evaluated on that code path (built-ins excluded, native addons excluded).
| Command | baseline v4.0.0-alpha.0 modules | head v4.0.0-alpha.0 modules | Delta | baseline v4.0.0-alpha.0 source bytes | head v4.0.0-alpha.0 source bytes | Delta |
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nuxt --version |
38 | 38 | 0.0% | 298.1 kB | 298.1 kB | 0.0% |
nuxt --help |
134 | 135 | +0.7% | 1007.6 kB | 1013.9 kB | +0.6% |
nuxt dev --help |
79 | 80 | +1.3% | 608.9 kB | 615.2 kB | +1.0% |
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.0 | head v4.0.0-alpha.0 | Delta |
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Direct dependencies of @nuxt/cli |
21 | 21 | 0.0% |
| Packages in the installed tree (unique name@version) | 34 | 34 | 0.0% |
| Unique package names | 34 | 34 | 0.0% |
| Package directories on disk (cross-check) | 28 | 28 | 0.0% |
Installed node_modules on disk |
2.36 MB | 2.37 MB | +0.3% |
| Installed files | 418 | 418 | 0.0% |
| Install wall time (warm npm cache, median of 3) | 661 ms | 653 ms | -1.2% |
| Published tarball (packed) | 279.7 kB | 282.1 kB | +0.8% |
| Published tarball (unpacked) | 966.5 kB | 974.7 kB | +0.9% |
| Files in tarball | 130 | 130 | 0.0% |
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe dev server tracks document requests that remain active beyond a dwell period. It forwards pending render state through IPC to the TUI, which displays request labels and elapsed time. Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change adds first-render progress reporting, but the current implementation may produce intermittent CI failures and can leave the development panel showing stale rendering state or omit the required WARMUP status after a fork replacement. These bounded correctness issues should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@packages/nuxt-cli/src/commands/dev.ts`:
- Around line 354-356: Update the dev message handling around setRendering so
rendering state is reset when a replacement fork becomes active, before
processing its ready state. Ensure stale requests from the outgoing fork are
cleared by passing undefined to setRendering, while preserving rendering updates
from the active fork.
In `@packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/tui/controller.ts`:
- Around line 22-23: Extend the setRendering controller/IPC contract to accept
the first-render state alongside PendingRender, and ensure the fork
render-update handler passes that value through. Update awaitingFirstRender on
every render update so the panel remains in WARMUP until the first document has
rendered.
In `@packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/phase-reporter.spec.ts`:
- Around line 252-270: Call freezeClock() at the start of the test “should
announce a render once where the line cannot be redrawn” before creating the
reporter, matching the neighboring timing-sensitive test so the First render
duration remains deterministic.
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| /** Report the render the server is busy with, or that it is busy with none. */ | ||
| setRendering: (pending?: PendingRender) => void |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Forward first-render state with the render update.
setRendering receives no serving or awaitingFirstRender value. The panel selects WARMUP only when awaitingFirstRender is true. A forked server can therefore show READY while rendering its first document.
Extend this IPC and controller contract with the first-render state, then update awaitingFirstRender with each fork render update.
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In `@packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/tui/controller.ts` around lines 22 - 23, Extend the
setRendering controller/IPC contract to accept the first-render state alongside
PendingRender, and ensure the fork render-update handler passes that value
through. Update awaitingFirstRender on every render update so the panel remains
in WARMUP until the first document has rendered.
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In `@packages/nuxt-cli/test/e2e/dev.spec.ts`:
- Around line 142-153: Update readUntil and latest so the test waits for the
complete SSE frame containing the requested marker, including its terminating
event boundary, before parsing. Ensure latest selects and parses that completed
frame rather than a prior data record or an incomplete match, while preserving
the existing marker-based readiness behavior.
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| async function readUntil(marker: string): Promise<void> { | ||
| while (!stream.includes(marker)) { | ||
| const { value, done } = await reader.read() | ||
| if (done) { | ||
| return | ||
| } | ||
| stream += decoder.decode(value) | ||
| } | ||
| stream += decoder.decode(value) | ||
| } | ||
| await reader.cancel() | ||
| // Only whole events, so a half-read chunk cannot be parsed as a snapshot. | ||
| const latest = () => JSON.parse([...stream.matchAll(/data: (.+)\n/g)].pop()![1]!) | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Wait for a complete SSE event before parsing latest().
readUntil() returns when it sees event: nuxt:ready or "serving":true, not when the corresponding data: record ends. If the stream splits at that point, latest() can parse the previous event or dereference undefined, causing intermittent test failures. Wait for the complete SSE frame that contains the marker, then parse that frame.
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In `@packages/nuxt-cli/test/e2e/dev.spec.ts` around lines 142 - 153, Update
readUntil and latest so the test waits for the complete SSE frame containing the
requested marker, including its terminating event boundary, before parsing.
Ensure latest selects and parses that completed frame rather than a prior data
record or an incomplete match, while preserving the existing marker-based
readiness behavior.
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📚 Description
this is one of a few PRs from testing the new UI on bigger projects. the biggest perceived-perf problem turned out to be the silence after startup, e.g.:
so now
DevProgresstracks document requests in flight (behind a 400ms dwell, so a page that is already compiled passes without comment) and whatever is reporting startup keeps going until one of them has been answered:Ready in 12.6s, then nothing⠹ rendering GET / 6.4sredrawn in place, thenFirst render in 17.2sReady in 12.6s, then nothingRendering GET /as it starts, repeated on the heartbeat asRendering GET / (12.5s), thenFirst render in 17.2sREADY watching for changesWARMUP rendering GET / · 12.4s, clock ticking, back toREADYonce it is served