Error ECONNREFUSED is thrown on Windows for chrome on a clean project

Describe the bug

When I run pnpm dev I get the error after ~30sec.
pnpm dev -b firefox, works and loads firefox.
-b chrome or no -b fails as shown below.

Identical issue to #766 except for windows 10 and chrome.

> wxt-react-starter@0.0.0 dev
> wxt


WXT 0.20.7                                                                                                  1:29:44 PM
√ Started dev server @ http://localhost:3000                                                                1:29:44 PM
i Pre-rendering chrome-mv3 for development with Vite 6.3.5                                                  1:29:44 PM
√ Built extension in 679 ms                                                                                 1:29:45 PM
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\manifest.json               1.05 kB
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\popup.html                  777 B
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\background.js               20.06 kB
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\chunks\popup-f02QKjXp.js    8.07 kB
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\content-scripts\content.js  25.17 kB
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\icon\128.png                3.07 kB
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\icon\16.png                 559 B
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\icon\32.png                 916 B
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\icon\48.png                 1.33 kB
  ├─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\icon\96.png                 2.37 kB
  └─ .output\chrome-mv3-dev\wxt.svg                     1.07 kB
Σ Total size: 64.45 kB
× Command failed after 28.8 s                                                                               1:30:13 PM

 ERROR  connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:52967                                                                1:30:13 PM

    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1636:16)

Reproduction

test.zip

Steps to reproduce

pnpm dlx wxt@latest init test --template react
cd test
pnpm i
pnpm run dev

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19045
    CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10875H CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 19.11 GB / 31.84 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.15.0 - C:\web\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 10.9.2 - C:\web\nodejs\npm.CMD
    pnpm: 10.12.4 - C:\web\nodejs\pnpm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 139.0.7258.67 (Official Build) (64-bit)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.5794
  npmPackages:
    "wxt": "^0.20.6"
    "web-ext": "8.9.0"

Used Package Manager

pnpm

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Start by reading issue #766, then reproduce the problem with the listed pnpm commands on Windows using Chrome and Firefox. Trace why Chrome's dev launch reaches ECONNREFUSED at 127.0.0.1 and verify that pnpm run dev loads Chrome successfully without breaking the working Firefox path.