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Follow-up to #3704, which fixed the port probe. This fixes the host half of the same bug. Independent of #3704 — different files, either order merges.

Problem

DevServer binds this.options.bindAddress ?? LOCALHOST.IPV4 (server.ts:294). The CLI printed http://localhost:${boundPort} (command.ts:342).

Those are different hosts. localhost resolves to ::1 first on a dual-stack machine, so the URL the CLI printed named an address the server was not listening on. Browsers usually paper over it via Happy Eyeballs — but when some other process holds [::1]:port, it answers instead, which is exactly the failure reported against #3704: veryfront dev printed Ready — http://localhost:3000 and that URL served an unrelated app's 500.

Fix

serverDisplayUrl(bindAddress, port) builds the URL from the address actually bound:

Bound Shown
127.0.0.1 http://127.0.0.1:3000
::1 http://[::1]:3000 (bracketed — a bare literal is not a valid authority)
0.0.0.0 / :: loopback — a wildcard is a bind target, not somewhere to browse
192.168.1.5 unchanged

DevServer now exposes bindAddress as one source of truth; the two places that re-derived it inline route through it, so they cannot drift. DevCommandResult carries bindAddress alongside port, mirroring how port is already threaded to embedded callers.

Same defect in the demo path

cli/commands/demo/dev-step.ts had it too. Its doc comment already promised the printed and opened URLs "come from the port the server actually bound … or the viewer is sent to whatever process caused the collision" — correct about the port, silent about the host. Same helper now.

MCP origin allowlist

cli/mcp/server.ts gates HTTP origins and its comment said "localhost is the hostname the CLI prints". The set already contained 127.0.0.1 and [::1], so the new URL passes unchanged — only the comment moved. Checked before changing the printed URL, not after.

Testing

Test-first throughout. New serverDisplayUrl tests were stubbed against the old behavior so the assertions did the failing, not a module-not-found error:

names the address the server actually bound, not `localhost` ... FAILED
brackets an IPv6 address so the URL is valid ... FAILED
shows a loopback address when the server bound a wildcard ... FAILED
keeps a specific non-loopback address ... FAILED

Demo path, before the change: 3 URL tests RED, the 2 unrelated lifecycle tests still green.

After: ok | 11 passed (112 steps) | 0 failed across cli/commands/dev/ + the demo step, green on 3 consecutive runs. deno lint (56 files) and deno check clean.

Local test-run noise (not from this change, flagged for honesty)

The full cli/ + src/server/dev-server/ parallel run is not clean on my machine, in a way I verified is unrelated:

  • 2 constant failures in cli/commands/push/command.test.ts (.vfignore is covered by a .gitignore, so git add refuses it). Reproduced identically with my changes stashed on clean origin/main.
  • 1 varying failure — dev-output.integration.test.ts in one run, start/command MCP boundary in another, neither in a third. Different test each run under full-tree parallel load; dev-output passes in isolation and cli/commands/dev/ is 3/3 green in parallel.

CI is the arbiter here — flagging it rather than presenting a clean local run I did not get.

Not in scope

command.ts:362 still prints http://localhost:${mcpPort}/mcp. The MCP server calls serve(handler, { port }) with no hostname, so it takes the adapter default rather than LOCALHOST.IPV4 — a genuinely different situation that deserves its own change, not a blind rename. The onListen debug log in server.ts also still uses buildLocalhostUrl; serverDisplayUrl lives under cli/, and src/ importing from cli/ would invert the layering.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Development server URLs now reflect the actual bound address instead of always displaying localhost.
    • Added proper URL formatting for IPv6 addresses, including required brackets.
    • Wildcard bind addresses now resolve to usable loopback URLs for browser access.
    • Server startup messages consistently display the address where the server is listening.

The dev server binds `LOCALHOST.IPV4`, but the CLI printed
`http://localhost:${port}`. `localhost` resolves to `::1` first on a
dual-stack host, so the URL named an address the server was not listening
on - and any process that did hold `[::1]:port` answered in its place.

Add `serverDisplayUrl`, which builds the URL from the bound address:
brackets a literal IPv6 address, and shows a loopback address when the
server bound a wildcard. `DevServer` now exposes `bindAddress` as the one
source of truth, and `DevCommandResult` carries it so embedded callers can
build URLs the same way.

The demo's dev step had the same defect - its own doc comment already
promised to key off what the server actually bound, but covered only the
port. It now uses the same helper.

The MCP origin allowlist already admitted `127.0.0.1` and `[::1]` alongside
`localhost`, so the new URL passes it unchanged; only its comment moved.
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The development server now exposes its resolved bind address. CLI and demo URLs use that address, with wildcard mapping and IPv6 bracket formatting. Tests cover IPv4, IPv6, wildcard, loopback, and specific addresses.

Changes

Bind-aware development server URLs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolved bind address
src/server/dev-server/server.ts
DevServer centralizes bind-address resolution through a getter. Startup logging and server binding use the getter.
Server URL formatting
cli/commands/dev/server-url.ts, cli/commands/dev/server-url.test.ts
serverDisplayUrl formats bind addresses and ports. Wildcard addresses map to loopback addresses, and IPv6 addresses use brackets.
Command and demo integration
cli/commands/dev/command.ts, cli/commands/demo/dev-step.ts, cli/commands/dev/dev.test.ts, cli/commands/demo/dev-step.test.ts, cli/mcp/server.ts
DevCommandResult includes bindAddress. Command and demo flows use formatted bound-address URLs. Fixtures and loopback-origin documentation are updated.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8bf37

The change improves the displayed development-server URL but also makes bindAddress mandatory in an exported command result, which may break existing embedded callers that construct that result. Merge readiness depends on confirming compatibility or explicitly accepting a breaking API change.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DevServer
  participant DevCommand
  participant serverDisplayUrl
  participant Browser
  DevServer->>DevCommand: provide bindAddress and port
  DevCommand->>serverDisplayUrl: build server URL
  serverDisplayUrl-->>DevCommand: return formatted URL
  DevCommand->>Browser: open server URL
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const serverUrl = `http://localhost:${boundPort}`;
const serverUrl = serverDisplayUrl(devServer.bindAddress, boundPort);

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P1 Badge Keep generated OAuth callbacks on the advertised origin

When a generated OAuth integration enables PKCE and APP_URL is unset, opening this new 127.0.0.1 URL sets the host-only verifier cookie on 127.0.0.1, but cli/commands/generate/integration-generator.ts:446 still generates a localhost callback URI and lines 541-547 expect that cookie after the callback. The provider therefore switches hosts and the callback returns missing_pkce_verifier; derive the generated callback origin from the active request/server URL or otherwise keep it aligned with the URL opened here.

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await result.ready;

const serverUrl = `http://localhost:${result.port}`;
const serverUrl = serverDisplayUrl(result.bindAddress, result.port);

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P1 Badge Update public guidance for the new dev URL

This changes the demo's displayed and opened origin to 127.0.0.1, but cli/commands/demo/steps.ts:44 still tells users the app will be at http://localhost:3000, while onboarding pages such as docs/getting-started/create-project.md:104-112 still show the old CLI output and explicitly claim localhost resolves to IPv4 on every machine. Update the demo copy, docs, templates, and examples that describe the public dev URL so they no longer contradict the command.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L13-L14

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In `@cli/commands/dev/command.ts`:
- Around line 67-72: Make DevCommandResult.bindAddress optional to preserve
compatibility for existing embedded callers, and update every URL consumer to
fall back to the IPv4 loopback address when bindAddress is absent. Keep using
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Comment on lines +67 to +72
/**
* The address the server bound. Embedded callers must build URLs from this
* rather than from the name `localhost`, which resolves to `::1` first on a
* dual-stack host and so can name an address the server is not listening on.
*/
bindAddress: string;

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Keep DevCommandResult source-compatible.

Line 72 adds a required field to an exported result type. Existing embedded callers that construct DevCommandResult will fail type checking until they add this field.

Make bindAddress optional and use the IPv4 loopback fallback at URL consumers when it is absent. Otherwise, document and release this as an explicit breaking change. As per coding guidelines: “Preserve public API compatibility unless a breaking change is explicitly requested.”

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In `@cli/commands/dev/command.ts` around lines 67 - 72, Make
DevCommandResult.bindAddress optional to preserve compatibility for existing
embedded callers, and update every URL consumer to fall back to the IPv4
loopback address when bindAddress is absent. Keep using the returned bind
address when provided.

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Closing this — superseded by #3704, and the premise does not hold up.

Printing http://localhost:PORT while binding 127.0.0.1 is the conventional dev-server pattern, not a defect. It works because browsers try both loopback families. It only became visible here because a second process was squatting on [::1]:3000, and #3704 (merged) fixes that by making the port probe see wildcard and IPv6 holders, so veryfront dev falls forward instead of silently co-binding.

Against that, this PR carried real costs:

  • Confirmed OAuth regression. cli/commands/generate/integration-generator.ts:446 hardcodes http://localhost:3000 as the PKCE redirect URI. Opening the app at 127.0.0.1 sets the host-only verifier cookie on 127.0.0.1; the provider then redirects to localhost, which never receives it, and the callback fails with missing_pkce_verifier. Thanks to the Codex review for catching this.
  • Docs and copy contradiction. cli/commands/demo/steps.ts:44, the getting-started docs, templates, and examples all still say localhost:3000.

On CodeRabbit's DevCommandResult compatibility finding: that one does not apply. No entry in the deno.json exports map reaches cli/commands/** (./cli maps to cli/main.ts, which has zero export statements), so there is no supported path for an external caller to import or construct that type. Recording it here rather than silently weakening the field to optional.

One item from this branch is worth keeping and will get its own PR: docs/getting-started/create-project.md states "localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1 on every machine without a DNS lookup." That is false on any dual-stack host, and it is precisely the misconception that made this bug hard to see.

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