nodejs: Performance regression with NuxtJS (Vue) projects

[wale]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.11)

Describe the bug

When using NixOS provided Node binaries (regardless of Node version), any Nuxt project will take up to 5+ minutes to launch with the development server (npm run dev). Not replicable using tooling such as nix-nvm.

Relevant Nuxt issue: nuxt/nuxt#28023

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone this repository - https://github.com/wale/nuxt-nix-repro and run direnv allow (if using nix-direnv)
   • Alternatively, you can use a fresh Nuxt project, and create a Nix flake with nodejs installed in the devshell.
2. Update Nix and npm packages: nix flake update && pnpm upgrade -P
3. Run the development server (pnpm dev)

Expected behaviour

Nuxt development server starts in < 1 minute.

Screenshots

Screenshots and log output provided in nuxt/nuxt#28023.

Relevant log output

Additional context

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System metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.12.30, NixOS, 25.11 (Xantusia), 25.11.20250523.063f43f
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.28.3
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/khwrmv3vkmc60ig18h90rf0iadis95na-source

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