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Nuxt•3w ago
pinefin

Nitro Plugin Question

How do I make a plugin not restart every time i save a different file? id rather it restart (every time i do npm run dev for example) and stay running with the same data
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kapa.ai
kapa.ai•3w ago
Hi @pinefin. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- To address your question about Nitro plugins and preventing them from restarting on every file save, I can provide some information based on the knowledge sources: By default, Nitro plugins are executed once when the server starts. However, in a development environment, the server may restart on file changes, causing the plugins to re-execute. To prevent this behavior and keep your plugin running with the same data, you can make use of the watchers configuration in your nuxt.config file. Here's how you can modify your configuration to achieve this: 
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  watchers: {
    webpack: {
      ignored: [
        '**/server/plugins/**'
      ]
    }
  }
})
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  watchers: {
    webpack: {
      ignored: [
        '**/server/plugins/**'
      ]
    }
  }
})
This configuration tells Webpack to ignore changes in the server/plugins directory, which should prevent your Nitro plugins from restarting when you save other files. Additionally, you might want to consider using the chokidar options to further refine which files trigger a restart: 
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  watchers: {
    chokidar: {
      ignored: [
        '**/server/plugins/**'
      ]
    }
  }
})
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  watchers: {
    chokidar: {
      ignored: [
        '**/server/plugins/**'
      ]
    }
  }
})
These configurations should help your Nitro plugin stay running with the same data, only restarting when you run npm run dev or manually restart the development server. Nuxt Configuration Remember that while this approach can help maintain plugin state during development, it's important to ensure that your plugin behaves correctly in a production environment where it will typically only run once when the server starts. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------
kapa.ai
kapa.ai•3w ago
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