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🔗 Linked issue

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this is a really big issue with #1463 🤦

currently, prompts raised from inside the dev server don't survive the interactive TUI. for example, useScript() in a project without @nuxt/scripts causes this prompt:

❯ Do you want to install @nuxt/scripts package?
● Yes / ○ No

but at the moment the question is folded away into the logs and it's impossible to answer.

this PR fixes some of the known issues:

nuxt-dev-install-module

... and adds three primitives to help modules interact with the new UI:

primitive with the TUI without a host
withTerminal(work) borrows the terminal work() runs directly, as today
startTask(label) renders on the summary line as ⠸ installing with pnpm · 4.2s, and an outcome is printed as a notice + added to history clack spinner, as today
notify({ message }) full text into history, with a notice on the status line keypress/retraction consumer's own fallback

I'll follow-up with a feature in nuxt/kit that allows module authors to hook into these primitives

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CLI benchmark

@nuxt/cli v3.37.0 (baseline) vs v3.37.0 (this PR)

Metric baseline v3.37.0 head v3.37.0 Delta
nuxt --version wall time (median) 56 ms 56 ms -0.9%
nuxt --help wall time (median) 114 ms 114 ms -0.1%
nuxt dev --help wall time (median) 88 ms 89 ms +1.5%
nuxt --version modules loaded 38 38 0.0%
nuxt --help modules loaded 135 134 -0.7%
nuxt dev --help modules loaded 80 79 -1.3%
Installed node_modules 2.33 MB 2.34 MB +0.4%
Published tarball (packed) 270.1 kB 273.6 kB +1.3%
Full report

@nuxt/cli v3.37.0 (baseline) vs v3.37.0 (head)

Setting Value
Baseline ref:d3213ce1e4740f1ef38eb4f0972be0d012c0983a (v3.37.0)
Head local packages/nuxt-cli at 30ac443 (v3.37.0)
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 1.27, 0.39, 0.14
Run started 2026-08-24T16:53:39.585Z

Cold CLI startup

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

Command baseline v3.37.0 median head v3.37.0 median Delta baseline v3.37.0 min / p95 head v3.37.0 min / p95
nuxt --version 56 ms 56 ms -0.9% 53 ms / 60 ms 54 ms / 60 ms
nuxt --version (first output byte) 52 ms 51 ms -0.8% 49 ms / 55 ms 49 ms / 56 ms
nuxt --help 114 ms 114 ms -0.1% 109 ms / 120 ms 108 ms / 120 ms
nuxt --help (first output byte) 109 ms 109 ms -0.4% 104 ms / 114 ms 103 ms / 115 ms
nuxt dev --help 88 ms 89 ms +1.5% 85 ms / 92 ms 84 ms / 95 ms
nuxt dev --help (first output byte) 83 ms 84 ms +1.5% 80 ms / 86 ms 79 ms / 90 ms
nuxt <unknown-command> (no-op) 123 ms 121 ms -1.5% 118 ms / 129 ms 116 ms / 132 ms
nuxt <unknown-command> (no-op) (first output byte) 117 ms 115 ms -1.9% 113 ms / 123 ms 111 ms / 126 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 v3.37.0 modules head v3.37.0 modules Delta baseline v3.37.0 source bytes head v3.37.0 source bytes Delta
nuxt --version 38 38 0.0% 292.0 kB 296.6 kB +1.6%
nuxt --help 135 134 -0.7% 989.6 kB 994.3 kB +0.5%
nuxt dev --help 80 79 -1.3% 598.0 kB 601.1 kB +0.5%

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 v3.37.0 head v3.37.0 Delta
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 2.33 MB 2.34 MB +0.4%
Installed files 419 418 -0.2%
Install wall time (warm npm cache, median of 3) 523 ms 533 ms +1.8%
Published tarball (packed) 270.1 kB 273.6 kB +1.3%
Published tarball (unpacked) 937.0 kB 947.7 kB +1.1%
Files in tarball 131 130 -0.8%

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 CLI adds a versioned terminal-host contract shared through globalThis. The development TUI suspends panel rendering during borrowed terminal work, serializes borrowers, tracks tasks, renders notifications, and handles teardown. Console prompts use serialized host access and skip non-interactive sessions. Spinner utilities report host tasks and retain Clack fallbacks. Captured terminal rewrites are consolidated into transient log events. Module commands use the shared spinner utility. Tests and capture fixtures cover these behaviors.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 07a3f

This change adds terminal-host behavior for prompts, tasks, and notifications; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains, so it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: adding a terminal host for prompts, tasks, and notifications.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the terminal host, its primitives, and the prompt-handling problem addressed by the changes.
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In `@packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/tui/index.ts`:
- Around line 381-393: Update lendTerminal and the session.onTeardown handler to
track teardown state, setting torn to true at the start of the teardown
callback. In lendTerminal’s finally block, restore key handling and call render
only when the session has not been torn down, while preserving resume() cleanup.

In `@packages/nuxt-cli/src/dev/tui/session.ts`:
- Around line 261-272: Update the event handling around DevEventLog.push so
transient is assigned only when the raw event is newly inserted, not when push
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separately and leave transient undefined for merged events, preventing later
spinner frames from overwriting them.

In `@packages/nuxt-cli/src/utils/spinner.ts`:
- Around line 33-41: Update the task lifecycle around host.startTask and the
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records failure via task.stop before rethrowing the original error; preserve the
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In `@packages/nuxt-cli/test/unit/dev-tui.spec.ts`:
- Around line 2266-2271: Update the dismissal test around notice.dismiss() to
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