Tests running in a GH action sharing a nuxt server a bit faster

Describe the feature

In my current Nuxt project I have 6 test files each testing about 8-10 endpoints, each file currently spins up its own nuxt instance making the entire action require about 10 minutes to run, and vitest itself taking 8m 46s

So I tweaked my GH action to instead run a nuxt server in an action in the background, and then sleep for 10 seconds to make sure it completes its run

  - name: Start Server
    run: pnpm run dev:test &
  - name: Sleep for 10 seconds
    run: sleep 10

Update: sleep no longer needed

Now instead of vitest taking 8 minutes 46 seconds, it finished in 18 seconds.

You can find the entire action file here

I found this pretty amazing so I thought I'd share starting with an issue with the questions:

• Is there any way to improve how I'm doing this?
• Where should we document this so the community can easily find it?

Very happy to provide a PR anywhere to help share this strategy

BTW shot out to @tobiasdiez for Making this possible

Additional information

• Would you be willing to help implement this feature?
• Could this feature be implemented as a module?

Final checks

• Read the contribution guide.
• Check existing discussions and issues.

Start by reading the workflow in .github/workflows/test.yml and the referenced nuxt/test-utils PR #803. Compare the current per-file Nuxt startup approach with the shared background server strategy described here, then clarify whether the outcome should be an implementation, a module, or documentation; done requires an agreed approach and guidance the community can use.