fix(dev): take the next registered port when 3000 is busy - #159
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`npm run dev` refused to start when port 3000 was in use, telling the user to free it or re-provision against another port. Provisioning already registers an OAuth callback for every port from 3000 to 3009, precisely so a forwarded dev server can land anywhere in that range and still log in, so refusing was throwing away a fallback the backend was built to support. The dev server now takes the first free port in the range and prints where it landed. A PORT named in the environment is left alone: that one is a decision, so a busy one is still an error. Two guards get more accurate as a result: - The callback check no longer fails when OAUTH_CALLBACK names 3000 and the server runs on 3005. Both are registered, so login works. - Running out of ports is now its own message, rather than being reported as "port 3000 is in use". The port list lives in scripts/lib.mjs and is asserted against the `range()` call in drupal/.devtools/provision, so widening it on one side fails the tests rather than breaking login on the other.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe development server now selects the first available OAuth-registered port from 3000–3009. Explicit busy ports still fail. The resolved port is validated, passed to Nuxt, and documented. Tests cover registration, fallback, and fully occupied ranges. ChangesFrontend port fallback
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change improves fallback behavior when port 3000 is busy, but it can still start on an unregistered port or fall back to a random port, which may break OAuth login. Merge should wait until port validation and binding behavior are corrected. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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Developer->>scripts/dev.mjs: run npm run dev
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In `@scripts/dev.mjs`:
- Around line 89-94: Update ensureCallbackMatchesPort to validate the resolved
serving port against FRONTEND_PORTS independently, rejecting it when
unregistered before returning. Then, when OAUTH_CALLBACK is present, parse and
validate its port separately against FRONTEND_PORTS; do not require the serving
and callback ports to match when both are registered, and ensure a missing
callback cannot allow an unregistered serving port.
- Around line 44-46: Update the frontend startup flow around resolveFrontendPort
so Nuxt cannot recover from a later EADDRINUSE by binding port 0; hand off a
prebound listener to Nuxt or terminate startup on bind failure, preserving the
resolved port required for OAuth.
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Nuxt 2.15.8 dev server busy port fallback strict port option server.listen
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In Nuxt 2.15.8, there is no built-in "strict port" option or automatic port fallback behavior for the dev server [1][2][3]. When you configure the server port in nuxt.config.js using the server property, Nuxt attempts to bind to that specific port [1][4][5]. If the port is already in use, the process will typically fail with an "EADDRINUSE" error [6]. Key details regarding Nuxt 2.15.8 server configuration: 1. Server Configuration: You can define the port and host in your nuxt.config.js file [1][3]: export default { server: { port: 8000, // default: 3000 host: '0.0.0.0' } } 2. Random Port Assignment: If you explicitly set the port to the string value '0' (not the number 0, which is falsy), Nuxt will assign a random available port to your application [7][5]. 3. Lack of Strict Port/Fallback: Unlike some modern bundlers or frameworks that offer a strictPort option or automatic incrementing when a port is busy, Nuxt 2 does not natively implement this [1][5]. If you require behavior where the server checks for an available port or fails gracefully, you would need to implement a custom server implementation or use a wrapper script to check port availability before launching Nuxt [8][9]. 4. Priority: Environment variables (HOST, PORT, NUXT_HOST, NUXT_PORT) generally take precedence over settings defined in the nuxt.config.js file [7][5]. Developers often use these environment variables in their package.json scripts or CI/CD pipelines to dynamically set ports without modifying the config file [7][5]. For issues where settings in nuxt.config.js appear to be ignored, verify whether environment variables are overriding them, or if you are using newer tools (like nuxi in Nuxt Bridge) that might handle configuration differently than standard Nuxt 2 [9][7].
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- 1: https://v2.nuxt.com/docs/configuration-glossary/configuration-server/
- 2: https://v2.nuxt.com/docs/2.x/configuration-glossary/configuration-server
- 3: https://v2.nuxt.com/docs/directory-structure/nuxt-config/
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- 6: NUXT_HOST env usage type error nuxt/nuxt#10430
- 7: https://develop365.gitlab.io/nuxtjs-2.8.X-doc/en/faq/host-port/
- 8: Nuxt + Socket IO Example Not Exposing on Port 3000 nuxt/nuxt#6928
- 9: dev server is not using port from options nuxt/nuxt#11984
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Eliminate Nuxt’s random-port fallback.
resolveFrontendPort() only probes the port. Nuxt 2.15.8 retries on port 0 after a later EADDRINUSE, so it can bind an unregistered random port and break OAuth login. Nuxt 2 has no strictPort option. Use a custom listener handoff or terminate instead of allowing the fallback.
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In `@scripts/dev.mjs` around lines 44 - 46, Update the frontend startup flow
around resolveFrontendPort so Nuxt cannot recover from a later EADDRINUSE by
binding port 0; hand off a prebound listener to Nuxt or terminate startup on
bind failure, preserving the resolved port required for OAuth.
| function ensureCallbackMatchesPort(port) { | ||
| // Provisioning registers the range whatever OAUTH_CALLBACK says, so | ||
| // a port from it is always accepted. | ||
| if (portIsRegistered(port)) { | ||
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Validate the serving port and callback port independently.
Line 92 accepts a registered serving port before it reads OAUTH_CALLBACK. Therefore, PORT=3000 with OAUTH_CALLBACK=http://localhost:4000/callback bypasses this guard. Also, PORT=4000 with no callback passes Lines 96-99 and starts an unregistered frontend origin.
Reject a resolved port outside FRONTEND_PORTS. If OAUTH_CALLBACK is present, reject its port when it is outside FRONTEND_PORTS. Do not require equal ports when both ports are registered.
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In `@scripts/dev.mjs` around lines 89 - 94, Update ensureCallbackMatchesPort to
validate the resolved serving port against FRONTEND_PORTS independently,
rejecting it when unregistered before returning. Then, when OAUTH_CALLBACK is
present, parse and validate its port separately against FRONTEND_PORTS; do not
require the serving and callback ports to match when both are registered, and
ensure a missing callback cannot allow an unregistered serving port.
`PORT=4000 npm run dev` started fine and then failed only at login. The browser builds its callback from the port it is on, and Drupal registers 3000-3009 plus whatever OAUTH_CALLBACK names, so 4000 was rejected as invalid_client with the rest of the site working - the exact failure mode the other guards in this script exist to prevent. The guard now asks whether anything registers the port, rather than whether OAUTH_CALLBACK happens to name it. A backend this repo did not provision is left alone: its consumer was registered somewhere this checkout cannot see, so `backendIsProvisionedHere` gates the check. Port selection also moves to the last step before Nuxt starts. Nuxt 2 answers a bind failure with a random port, so nothing can fully close the gap between finding a port free and Nuxt taking it, but none of the configuration checks need the port, and running them first makes the gap as small as this script can make it. The test backend now answers the OAuth check the way a provisioned Drupal does, so the port cases run through the whole script instead of stopping at the consumer check.
Both sides added imports and cases to test/lib.test.mjs; the resolution keeps every export from each.
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Closes #156.
What
npm run devrefused to start when port 3000 was in use. Provisioningalready registers an OAuth callback for every port from 3000 to 3009, so
the dev server now takes the first free one and prints which it took.
Why
The registered range exists so a forwarded dev server can land on 3001,
3002 and so on and still log in. Refusing to start threw that away and
sent the user off to free ports or re-provision, for a situation the
backend was already built to absorb.
Behaviour
PORTsetPORT=3005busyOAUTH_CALLBACKnames 3000, server on 3005That last row was a false positive: the callback guard compared one URL
against the port, when provisioning registers the whole range regardless
of what
OAUTH_CALLBACKsays.Notes
scripts/lib.mjsasFRONTEND_PORTSand isasserted against the
range()call indrupal/.devtools/provision,so widening one side without the other fails the tests instead of
breaking login.
npm run check:oauthalready verifies the backend accepts 3001 and3005, so the fallback is covered end to end.
binding it. That lands back on Nuxt's own random fallback, which is
where an unguarded start would have been anyway.
Tests
test/lib.test.mjs: the registered range matches provisioning,portIsRegisteredboundaries,firstFreePortordering and exhaustion.test/guards.test.mjs: the realdev.mjsin a child process for allthree port outcomes.
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