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Background

Nuxt 4.6 added a new import, nuxt/server, for server code (route handlers, middleware). It provides the same kind of helpers as h3 (defineEventHandler, getQuery, readBody, ...) but typed against a web-standard event (event.req is a Request, plus event.url and event.context) instead of h3's event.

Nuxt did this so server code doesn't depend on h3 directly. Nuxt 5 moves to h3 v2 and Nitro v3, and code written against nuxt/server is meant to keep working there unchanged.

Problem

Our Nuxt adapter (@zenstackhq/server/nuxt) imported defineEventHandler, getQuery, readBody etc. from h3 and was typed against H3Event. It still works on Nuxt 4.6, but it is tied to h3 v1 and will break on Nuxt 5.

What this PR changes

  • createEventHandler now accepts either event shape: the portable event from nuxt/server, or the h3 v1 event as before. It returns a web-standard Response, so it no longer needs h3 helpers to respond.
  • It reads the request from standard fields (req, url, context.params). h3 is only loaded lazily when it receives an h3 v1 event.
  • DELETE request bodies are now read too. RestApiHandler needs them for relationship deletion, and the old adapter skipped them.
  • The recommended usage is to wrap the handler with defineEventHandler from nuxt/server:
    import { defineEventHandler } from 'nuxt/server'
    
    export default defineEventHandler(createEventHandler({ apiHandler, getClient }))
  • h3 is added as an optional peer dependency, and the Nuxt version in the workspace catalog is bumped to 4.6.0.
  • The sample app uses the wrapper. Its css entry is now ~/assets/css/main.css, because Nuxt 4.6 resolves css entries as module ids (NUXT_B5025).

Compatibility

This is not a breaking change. Existing code (export default createEventHandler(...)) keeps working on Nuxt 4.x through the h3 path, and the nuxt peer range is unchanged. getClient's event type is now RequestEvent | H3Event, and callbacks typed against only one of them still compile.

On Nuxt 4.0 to 4.5 the RequestEvent type from nuxt/server doesn't exist, so it resolves to any (hidden by the default skipLibCheck).

Why the user has to wrap the handler

Nuxt only swaps in its real nuxt/server runtime for code it bundles, which means the user's route file. The adapter lives in node_modules and isn't bundled, so its own nuxt/server imports would resolve to a placeholder and receive the raw h3 event. My first attempt did this and every request failed with Invalid URL. Reading the standard req/url/context.params fields, and letting the route file do the wrapping, avoids the problem.

Follow-ups

Removing the h3 path later and the nuxt/server type on older Nuxt versions are tracked in #2883.

Testing

  • New packages/server/test/adapter/nuxt.test.ts covers both event shapes, including DELETE with and without a body.
  • pnpm build and pnpm lint pass in packages/server.
  • The Nuxt sample typechecks on 4.6.0.
  • I ran the sample dev server and sent GET, POST and invalid-JSON requests, both unwrapped (h3 path) and wrapped (portable path).

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The Nuxt adapter now supports portable Nuxt request events and h3 events. It parses requests through separate paths and returns JSON Response objects. The Nuxt sample and workspace configuration are updated.

Changes: Nuxt adapter event support

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Adapter request parsing and dispatch
packages/server/src/adapter/nuxt/handler.ts, packages/server/src/adapter/nuxt/index.ts, packages/server/package.json, packages/server/test/adapter/nuxt.test.ts
The handler accepts portable Nuxt and h3 events, parses request data, and returns JSON responses. Parsing failures return status 400. Missing clients and internal failures return status 500. Tests cover both event types. The public event type is exported, and h3 is marked as an optional peer dependency.
Nuxt sample integration
pnpm-workspace.yaml, samples/nuxt/nuxt.config.ts, samples/nuxt/server/api/model/[...].ts
The workspace catalog updates Nuxt to 4.6.0. The sample updates its CSS path and wraps the adapter handler with defineEventHandler.

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  • zenstackhq/zenstack#2883 — The issue covers follow-up work for the same Nuxt adapter changes, including the optional h3 peer dependency and Nuxt 4.6 RequestEvent support.

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🟠 Major · Align the Nuxt peer range with the adapter’s supported versions. · package.json:176

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Align the Nuxt peer range with the adapter’s supported versions.

nuxt: ^4.0.0 permits Nuxt 4.0–4.5, which do not provide the new nuxt/server type import. It also excludes Nuxt 5, which this change aims to support. The published declarations can therefore fail to typecheck for existing Nuxt 4 users, while Nuxt 5 users receive a peer conflict. Set a range that starts at 4.6 and includes the supported Nuxt 5 releases. (github.com)

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Update the nuxt peer dependency range in package.json to start at version 4.6
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Review comments at @packages/server/src/adapter/nuxt/handler.ts:
- Line 31: Include DELETE in the BODY_METHODS set so RestApiHandler parses
request bodies for relationship deletion, and ensure both event paths use this
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Comment thread packages/server/src/adapter/nuxt/handler.ts Outdated
genu added 2 commits October 26, 2026 08:03
The Nuxt adapter now accepts both the portable RequestEvent introduced in
Nuxt 4.6 (`nuxt/server`) and the h3 v1 event, and responds with a web
Response, so it no longer hard-depends on h3 at runtime. Existing usage
keeps working; wrapping with `defineEventHandler` from `nuxt/server` is
the forward-compatible path for Nuxt 5 (Nitro v3 / h3 v2).

Also bumps the Nuxt catalog to 4.6.0, adds an optional `h3` peer
dependency, and fixes the sample's css entry path (NUXT_B5025).
REST relationship deletion sends its members in the DELETE body.
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genu force-pushed the sao-paulo-v2/nuxt-4.6-server-import-review branch from f657499 to 3b6a07d Compare October 26, 2026 12:04

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