Nuxt/docs/2.guide/3.going-further/1.experimental-features.md

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Experimental Features	Nuxt experimental features needs to be enabled manually.

Experimental Features

The Nuxt experimental features can be enabled in the Nuxt configuration file. Internally, Nuxt uses @nuxt/schema to define these experimental features. You can refer to the API documentation or the source code for more information.

::alert{type=info icon=💡} Note that these features are experimental and could be removed or modified in the future. ::

asyncEntry

Enables generation of an async entry point for the Vue bundle, aiding module federation support.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { asyncEntry: true } })

reactivityTransform

Enables Vue's reactivity transform. Note that this feature has been marked as deprecated in Vue 3.3 and is planned to be removed from core in Vue 3.4.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { reactivityTransform: true } })

::ReadMore{link="docs/getting-started/configuration#enabling-experimental-vue-features"}

externalVue

Externalizes vue, @vue/* and vue-router when building. Enabled by default.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { externalVue: true } })

::alert{type=warning icon=⚠️} This feature will likely be removed in Nuxt 3.6. ::

treeshakeClientOnly

Tree shakes contents of client-only components from server bundle. Enabled by default.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { treeshakeClientOnly: true } })

emitRouteChunkError

Emits app:chunkError hook when there is an error loading vite/webpack chunks. Default behavior is to perform a hard reload of the new route when a chunk fails to load. You can disable automatic handling by setting this to false, or handle chunk errors manually by setting it to manual.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { emitRouteChunkError: 'automatic' } }) // or 'manual' or false

restoreState

Allows Nuxt app state to be restored from sessionStorage when reloading the page after a chunk error or manual reloadNuxtApp() call. To avoid hydration errors, it will be applied only after the Vue app has been mounted, meaning there may be a flicker on initial load.

::alert{type=warning icon=⚠️} Consider carefully before enabling this as it can cause unexpected behavior, and consider providing explicit keys to useState as auto-generated keys may not match across builds. ::

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { restoreState: true } })

inlineSSRStyles

Inlines styles when rendering HTML. This is currently available only when using Vite. You can also pass a function that receives the path of a Vue component and returns a boolean indicating whether to inline the styles for that component.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { inlineSSRStyles: true } }) // or a function to determine inlining

noScripts

Disables rendering of Nuxt scripts and JS resource hints. Can also be configured granularly within routeRules.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { noScripts: true } })

renderJsonPayloads

Allows rendering of JSON payloads with support for revivifying complex types. Enabled by default.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { renderJsonPayloads: true } })

noVueServer

Disables Vue server renderer endpoint within Nitro.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { noVueServer: true } })

payloadExtraction

Enables extraction of payloads of pages generated with nuxt generate.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { payloadExtraction: true } })

clientFallback

Enables the experimental <NuxtClientFallback> component for rendering content on the client if there's an error in SSR.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { clientFallback: true } })

crossOriginPrefetch

Enables cross-origin prefetch using the Speculation Rules API.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { crossOriginPrefetch: true } })

viewTransition

Enables View Transition API integration with client-side router.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { viewTransition: true } })

::ReadMore{link="docs/getting-started/transitions#view-transitions-api-experimental"}

writeEarlyHints

Enables writing of early hints when using node server.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { writeEarlyHints: true } })

componentIslands

Enables experimental component islands support with <NuxtIsland> and .island.vue files.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { componentIslands: true } })

::ReadMore{link="docs/guide/directory-structure/components#server-components"}

You can follow the server components roadmap on GitHub.

configSchema

Enables config schema support. Enabled by default.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { configSchema: true } })

polyfillVueUseHead

Adds a compatibility layer for modules, plugins, or user code relying on the old @vueuse/head API.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { polyfillVueUseHead: false } })

respectNoSSRHeader

Allow disabling Nuxt SSR responses by setting the x-nuxt-no-ssr header.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { respectNoSSRHeader: false } })

localLayerAliases

Resolve ~, ~~, @ and @@ aliases located within layers with respect to their layer source and root directories. Enabled by default.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { localLayerAliases: true } })

typedPages

Enable the new experimental typed router using unplugin-vue-router.

export defineNuxtConfig({ experimental: { typedPages: false } })

Out of the box, this will enable typed usage of navigateTo, <NuxtLink>, router.push() and more. You can even get typed params within a page by using const route = useRoute('route-name').

watcher

Set an alternative watcher that will be used as the watching service for Nuxt. Nuxt uses chokidar-granular by default, which will ignore top-level directories (like node_modules and .git) that are excluded from watching. You can set this instead to parcel to use @parcel/watcher, which may improve performance in large projects or on Windows platforms. You can also set this to chokidar to watch all files in your source directory.

export defineNuxtConfig({ 
    experimental: { 
        watcher: 'chokidar-granular' // 'chokidar' or 'parcel' are also options
    } 
})