Dev Server Lifecycle Management

Overview

Standardized patterns for detecting, starting, monitoring, and maintaining development server connections. Prevents connection losses and reduces server management overhead.

Problem: Connection losses during browser automation cause retries and delays, port detection requires multiple attempts, no health checks before critical browser operations, server restart logic is inconsistent.

Solution: Port detection strategy, health check patterns, connection resilience, startup verification.

Impact: Eliminate 2-3 minutes of server management overhead per task, reduce connection-related failures.

Port Detection Strategy

Pattern 1: Check Configuration Files

Check common ports or read from config files (package.json, vite.config, etc.):