From d74211e827a590fc4f5057a847bc9b8c31de4191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael H." <michael@iptables.sh>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:40:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: dev server blowing up

---
 apps/frontend/nuxt.config.ts | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/frontend/nuxt.config.ts b/apps/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
index 2bc14539f4..e15e5169dc 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
 			external: ['cloudflare:workers'],
 		},
 		preset: 'cloudflare_module',
-		noExternals: true,
+		noExternals: getNoExternals(),
 		cloudflare: {
 			nodeCompat: true,
 		},
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ function isProduction() {
 	return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 }
 
+function getNoExternals() {
+	if (process.env.NITRO_NO_EXTERNALS !== undefined) {
+		return process.env.NITRO_NO_EXTERNALS === 'true'
+	}
+
+	// bundling every dependency breaks the dev server, so only do it for real builds
+	return isProduction()
+}
+
 function getFeatureFlagOverrides() {
 	return JSON.parse(process.env.FLAG_OVERRIDES ?? '{}')
 }