Nuxt.js: Server middleware isn't hot reloading properly

[henriqemalheiros]

Version

v2.3.4

Reproduction link

https://github.com/henriqemalheiros/bug-report-nuxt-server-middleware-hot-reload

Steps to reproduce

• Run yarn dev;
• Open http://localhost:3000/api in your browser;
• You'll see "api" appearing on the screen;
• Open ~/api/index.js in your editor;
• Change the fourth line to return res.end('api test');
• Nuxt will refresh;
• Open or refresh http://localhost:3000/api in your browser;
• You'll still see "api" appearing on the screen;
• Stop Nuxt;
• Run yarn dev again;
• Open or refresh http://localhost:3000/api in your browser;
• You'll see "api test" appearing on the screen.

What is expected ?

You should see "api test" appearing on the screen without needing to stop Nuxt.

What is actually happening?

Nuxt is properly watching the files in ~/api but it's not reloading them.

Additional comments?

It seems that previously (#258 and #1819) we would use Nuxt alongside nodemon. But since v2.0.0 (#1509 and #3718), server middlewares have watchers support.

_{This bug report is available on Nuxt community (#c8334)}

[manniL]

Thanks for the report ☺️

See #4301. Will be fixed in a future version (not v2.4 though)

[francoism90]

@manniL Just to confirm the same problem here.
What do you mean exactly with not in this version? Will this still be in Nuxtjs v2? :)

Thanks.

[manniL]

@francoism90 I meant that the next minor release (v2.4) will likely not include a fix for this. I can't give an ETA or similar though.

Closing to unify the (almost same) issue in #4301

[ruzpuz]

Hi, year and a half later - is there any ETA on this issue? This significantly spoils development experience :)

[danielroe]

@ruzpuz If I understand the issue rightly, yes, this is no longer an issue. I can't verify it though as the repro repository is now gone. Feel free to open a new issue if not 🙂

[ruzpuz]

Um.... yeah nah, but... It very much is an issue... Looks like half (not literally but the part I need) of the project is outside webpack and does not get hot-reloaded properly. You can try webpack aliases inside of server-middleware, and it is not working as well.. Quite a deal breaker for me, although the idea is superb... :(

[danielroe]

@ruzpuz Please do submit a code reproduction and a new issue! :smiley:

[ruzpuz]

Would a fork of the repository be okay? I am getting prepared to port the project away from nuxt, but before I do that I can fork the repo here so you can play with it if you like

[danielroe]

@ruzpuz That would be perfect :+1: