From e8a3f09205a3e16d3d41c34145457236b99b766e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Roe <daniel@roe.dev>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:07:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(dev): only close config watchers when process exits

---
 packages/nuxi/src/dev/utils.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/dev/utils.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/dev/utils.ts
index edc360cdf..2953498e1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/dev/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/dev/utils.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ export class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter<DevServerEventMap> {
   async init() {
     await this.load()
     this._watchConfig()
+
+    process.on('exit', () => {
+      this._distWatcher?.close()
+      this._configWatcher?.()
+    })
   }
 
   async load(reload?: boolean, reason?: string) {
@@ -198,8 +203,6 @@ export class NuxtDevServer extends EventEmitter<DevServerEventMap> {
   }
 
   async close() {
-    this._distWatcher?.close()
-    this._configWatcher?.()
     if (this._currentNuxt) {
       await this._currentNuxt.close()
     }