Lifecycle Hooks

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App Hooks (runtime)

Check the app source code for all available hooks.

Hook	Arguments	Environment	Description
`app:created`	`vueApp`	Server & Client	Called when initial `vueApp` instance is created.
`app:error`	`err`	Server & Client	Called when a fatal error occurs.
`app:error:cleared`	`{ redirect? }`	Server & Client	Called when a fatal error occurs.
`app:data:refresh`	`keys?`	Server & Client	(internal)
`vue:setup`	-	Server & Client	(internal)
`vue:error`	`err, target, info`	Server & Client	Called when a vue error propagates to the root component. Learn More.
`app:rendered`	`renderContext`	Server	Called when SSR rendering is done.
`app:redirected`	-	Server	Called before SSR redirection.
`app:beforeMount`	`vueApp`	Client	Called before mounting the app, called only on client side.
`app:mounted`	`vueApp`	Client	Called when Vue app is initialized and mounted in browser.
`app:suspense:resolve`	`appComponent`	Client	On Suspense resolved event.
`link:prefetch`	`to`	Client	Called when a `<NuxtLink>` is observed to be prefetched.
`page:start`	`pageComponent?`	Client	Called on Suspense pending event.
`page:finish`	`pageComponent?`	Client	Called on Suspense resolved event.
`page:transition:finish`	`pageComponent?`	Client	After page transition onAfterLeave event.

Nuxt Hooks (build time)

Check the schema source code for all available hooks.

Hook	Arguments	Description
`kit:compatibility`	`compatibility, issues`	Allows extending compatibility checks.
`ready`	`nuxt`	Called after Nuxt initialization, when the Nuxt instance is ready to work.
`close`	`nuxt`	Called when Nuxt instance is gracefully closing.
`restart`	`{ hard?: boolean }`	To be called to restart the current Nuxt instance.
`modules:before`	-	Called during Nuxt initialization, before installing user modules.
`modules:done`	-	Called during Nuxt initialization, after installing user modules.
`app:resolve`	`app`	Called after resolving the `app` instance.
`app:templates`	`app`	Called during `NuxtApp` generation, to allow customizing, modifying or adding new files to the build directory (either virtually or to written to `.nuxt`).
`app:templatesGenerated`	`app`	Called after templates are compiled into the virtual file system (vfs).
`build:before`	-	Called before Nuxt bundle builder.
`build:done`	-	Called after Nuxt bundle builder is complete.
`build:manifest`	`manifest`	Called during the manifest build by Vite and webpack. This allows customizing the manifest that Nitro will use to render `<script>` and `<link>` tags in the final HTML.
`builder:generateApp`	`options`	Called before generating the app.
`builder:watch`	`event, path`	Called at build time in development when the watcher spots a change to a file or directory in the project.
`pages:extend`	`pages`	Called after pages routes are resolved.
`server:devHandler`	`handler`	Called when the dev middleware is being registered on the Nitro dev server.
`imports:sources`	`presets`	Called at setup allowing modules to extend sources.
`imports:extend`	`imports`	Called at setup allowing modules to extend imports.
`imports:context`	`context`	Called when the unimport context is created.
`imports:dirs`	`dirs`	Allows extending import directories.
`components:dirs`	`dirs`	Called within `app:resolve` allowing to extend the directories that are scanned for auto-importable components.
`components:extend`	`components`	Allows extending new components.
`nitro:config`	`nitroConfig`	Called before initializing Nitro, allowing customization of Nitro's configuration.
`nitro:init`	`nitro`	Called after Nitro is initialized, which allows registering Nitro hooks and interacting directly with Nitro.
`nitro:build:before`	`nitro`	Called before building the Nitro instance.
`nitro:build:public-assets`	`nitro`	Called after copying public assets. Allows modifying public assets before Nitro server is built.
`prerender:routes`	`ctx`	Allows extending the routes to be pre-rendered.
`build:error`	`error`	Called when an error occurs at build time.
`prepare:types`	`options`	Called before Nuxi writes `.nuxt/tsconfig.json` and `.nuxt/nuxt.d.ts`, allowing addition of custom references and declarations in `nuxt.d.ts`, or directly modifying the options in `tsconfig.json`
`listen`	`listenerServer, listener`	Called when the dev server is loading.
`schema:extend`	`schemas`	Allows extending default schemas.
`schema:resolved`	`schema`	Allows extending resolved schema.
`schema:beforeWrite`	`schema`	Called before writing the given schema.
`schema:written`	-	Called after the schema is written.
`vite:extend`	`viteBuildContext`	Allows to extend Vite default context.
`vite:extendConfig`	`viteInlineConfig, env`	Allows to extend Vite default config.
`vite:configResolved`	`viteInlineConfig, env`	Allows to read the resolved Vite config.
`vite:serverCreated`	`viteServer, env`	Called when the Vite server is created.
`vite:compiled`	-	Called after Vite server is compiled.
`webpack:config`	`webpackConfigs`	Called before configuring the webpack compiler.
`webpack:configResolved`	`webpackConfigs`	Allows to read the resolved webpack config.
`webpack:compile`	`options`	Called right before compilation.
`webpack:compiled`	`options`	Called after resources are loaded.
`webpack:change`	`shortPath`	Called on `change` on WebpackBar.
`webpack:error`	-	Called on `done` if has errors on WebpackBar.
`webpack:done`	-	Called on `allDone` on WebpackBar.
`webpack:progress`	`statesArray`	Called on `progress` on WebpackBar.

Nitro App Hooks (runtime, server-side)

Hook	Arguments	Description	Types
`render:response`	`response, { event }`	Called before sending the response.	response, event
`render:html`	`html, { event }`	Called before constructing the HTML.	html, event
`render:island`	`islandResponse, { event, islandContext }`	Called before constructing the island HTML.	islandResponse, event, islandContext

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