From 0310292640c6466351b97521c354d518bef1f764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Huang <julien.h.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 18:06:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(devtools): optimize @vue/devtools dependencies in dev

---
 packages/devtools/src/module-main.ts | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/module-main.ts b/packages/devtools/src/module-main.ts
index 4714f0983d..5bcbbdac73 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/module-main.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/module-main.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ export async function enableModule(options: ModuleOptions, nuxt: Nuxt) {
     mode: 'server',
   })
 
+  // See #980
+  if (nuxt.options.dev) {
+    nuxt.options.vite.optimizeDeps ||= {}
+    nuxt.options.vite.optimizeDeps.include ||= []
+    nuxt.options.vite.optimizeDeps.include.push('@vue/devtools-kit')
+    nuxt.options.vite.optimizeDeps.include.push('@vue/devtools-core')
+  }
+
   const DevTools = await import('@vitejs/devtools').then(r => r.DevTools())
   addVitePlugin(DevTools)