feat(typecheck): type-check incrementally by default by danielroe · Pull Request #1641 · nuxt/cli

danielroe · 2026-10-27T14:31:13Z

🔗 Linked issue

further follow-up to #1607

📚 Description

this relies on nuxt/nuxt#36746 (which should release in nuxt v4.7)

after that point (ie once the tsbuildinfo path is set), we enable incremental builds by default when typechecking (you can disable with --no-incremental)

on npmx.dev:

	`--no-incremental`	cold	warm	after `nuxt prepare`	after page edit
`vue-tsc` + ts 6.0.3	~21s	~20s	4.9 to 5.3s	5.0 to 5.7s	4.9 to 7.9s
`vue-tsc` + `typescript-native-bridge`	11 to 13s	11 to 12s	3.7 to 5.5s	3.5 to 4.9s	4.3 to 4.5s
Golar	3.3 to 4.5s	4.0 to 4.5s	1.6 to 1.8s	1.4 to 1.9s	1.8 to 2.7s

peak memory on a warm run also drops (about 2.5 to 1.9 GB with typescript, 4.3 to 2.7 GB with the bridge).

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github-actions · 2026-10-27T14:34:14Z

CLI benchmark

@nuxt/cli v4.0.1 (baseline) vs v4.0.1 (this PR)

Metric	baseline v4.0.1	head v4.0.1	Delta
`nuxt --version` wall time (median)	65 ms	66 ms	+1.1%
`nuxt --help` wall time (median)	142 ms	143 ms	+0.5%
`nuxt dev --help` wall time (median)	108 ms	106 ms	-2.2%
`nuxt --version` modules loaded	35	35	0.0%
`nuxt --version` built-ins loaded	29	29	0.0%
`nuxt --help` modules loaded	135	135	0.0%
`nuxt --help` built-ins loaded	90	90	0.0%
`nuxt dev --help` modules loaded	64	64	0.0%
`nuxt dev --help` built-ins loaded	90	90	0.0%
Installed `node_modules`	2.47 MB	2.47 MB	+0.2%
Published tarball (packed)	243.4 kB	244.4 kB	+0.4%

Full report

`@nuxt/cli` v4.0.1 (baseline) vs v4.0.1 (head)

Setting	Value
Baseline	`ref:c9a6b025615d6f02cad29e44f67d98ae608b6d15` (v4.0.1)
Head	local `packages/nuxt-cli` at `6824ba7` (v4.0.1)
Node	v24.22.1
OS	Linux 6.17.0 (kernel 6.17.0-1022-azure)
CPU	AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor x 4
Memory	15.6 GB
Load average at start	1.40, 0.42, 0.15
Run started	2026-10-27T14:51:32.731Z

Cold CLI startup

Median of 15 interleaved runs per command, one warmup discarded.

Command	baseline v4.0.1 median	head v4.0.1 median	Delta	baseline v4.0.1 min / p95	head v4.0.1 min / p95
`nuxt --version`	65 ms	66 ms	+1.1%	63 ms / 68 ms	62 ms / 70 ms
`nuxt --version` (first output byte)	61 ms	61 ms	+1.2%	59 ms / 64 ms	58 ms / 65 ms
`nuxt --help`	142 ms	143 ms	+0.5%	138 ms / 149 ms	137 ms / 149 ms
`nuxt --help` (first output byte)	137 ms	138 ms	+0.3%	133 ms / 144 ms	131 ms / 144 ms
`nuxt dev --help`	108 ms	106 ms	-2.2%	102 ms / 112 ms	100 ms / 109 ms
`nuxt dev --help` (first output byte)	103 ms	101 ms	-2.1%	97 ms / 107 ms	96 ms / 104 ms
`nuxt <unknown-command>` (no-op)	154 ms	153 ms	-0.1%	146 ms / 157 ms	146 ms / 157 ms
`nuxt <unknown-command>` (no-op) (first output byte)	148 ms	148 ms	-0.2%	141 ms / 151 ms	141 ms / 151 ms

Module load cost

Counted with a module.registerHooks load hook, compile cache disabled. Counts every JS module actually evaluated on that code path (native addons excluded). Built-ins loaded after bootstrap are counted separately, including the internal modules they load.

Command	baseline v4.0.1 modules	head v4.0.1 modules	Delta	baseline v4.0.1 source bytes	head v4.0.1 source bytes	Delta	baseline v4.0.1 built-ins	head v4.0.1 built-ins	Delta
`nuxt --version`	35	35	0.0%	300.4 kB	300.4 kB	0.0%	29	29	0.0%
`nuxt --help`	135	135	0.0%	854.2 kB	858.3 kB	+0.5%	90	90	0.0%
`nuxt dev --help`	64	64	0.0%	460.2 kB	460.2 kB	0.0%	90	90	0.0%

Install footprint and published tarball

Each version installed on its own into an empty project with nothing but @nuxt/cli as a dependency, so the tree is exactly the CLI and its transitive dependencies. npm cache is warm and the registry is only consulted for metadata, so install wall time is indicative, not a network benchmark.

Metric	baseline v4.0.1	head v4.0.1	Delta
Direct dependencies of `@nuxt/cli`	23	23	0.0%
Packages in the installed tree (unique name@version)	39	39	0.0%
Unique package names	39	39	0.0%
Package directories on disk (cross-check)	32	32	0.0%
Installed `node_modules` on disk	2.47 MB	2.47 MB	+0.2%
Installed files	439	439	0.0%
Install wall time (warm npm cache, median of 3)	1.31 s	1.30 s	-0.4%
Published tarball (packed)	243.4 kB	244.4 kB	+0.4%
Published tarball (unpacked)	787.3 kB	791.4 kB	+0.5%
Files in tarball	104	104	0.0%

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The nuxt typecheck command now enables incremental checking by default and adds --no-incremental to remove build information and check from scratch. New utilities resolve checker-version cache keys, inspect referenced project configurations, and manage build-info files. The command uses these utilities when supported by the project configuration. Tests, help output, and documentation cover the options and cache behaviour.

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Typechecking may abort on an unreadable checker package manifest, and a failed cache removal may leave old build information in use despite a request to check from scratch. Resolve these paths before merging.

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Report build-info removal failures when --no-incremental is used.

discardBuildInfo writes failures to debug only. If rm fails, for example because of a permissions error, the command continues silently. The user asked to type-check from scratch. The checker can still reuse the old build info, and the user gets no warning.

Use Promise.allSettled. Warn about each path that could not be removed. Each removal already runs independently. The change is to report the failures instead of hiding them.
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 export async function discardBuildInfo(cwd: string): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const { buildInfoFiles } = await resolveProjects(cwd)
-    await Promise.all(buildInfoFiles.map(file => rm(file, { force: true })))
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(buildInfoFiles.map(file => rm(file, { force: true })))
+    results.forEach((result, index) => {
+      if (result.status === 'rejected') {
+        logger.warn(`Could not remove build info ${buildInfoFiles[index]}: ${result.reason}`)
+      }
+    })
   }
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- Line 53: Update the paragraph about build-mode caching to state that the
`.nuxt/cache/typecheck` location requires Nuxt v4.7 or later, and clarify that
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Review comments at @packages/nuxt-cli/src/utils/typecheck-cache.ts:
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feat(typecheck): add --per-project to check each project reference in its own process #1607

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