fix(nuxt): Detect pageload by adding flag in Vue router (#13171)

Nuxt is using the Vue router under the hood, but the previous condition
to detect a page load (`from.name == null && from.matched.length === 0`)
does not work with Nuxt, as `from.matched` is never empty.

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-3/playwright.config.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const nuxtConfigOptions: ConfigOptions = {
   },
 };
 
+/*  Make sure to import from '@nuxt/test-utils/playwright' in the tests
+ *  Like this: import { expect, test } from '@nuxt/test-utils/playwright' */
+
 const config = getPlaywrightConfig({
   startCommand: `pnpm preview`,
   use: { ...nuxtConfigOptions },

dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/nuxt-3/tests/performance.client.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@nuxt/test-utils/playwright';
+import { waitForTransaction } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
+
+test('sends a pageload root span with a parameterized URL', async ({ page }) => {
+  const transactionPromise = waitForTransaction('nuxt-3', async transactionEvent => {
+    return transactionEvent.transaction === '/test-param/:param()';
+  });
+
+  await page.goto(`/test-param/1234`);
+
+  const rootSpan = await transactionPromise;
+
+  expect(rootSpan).toMatchObject({
+    contexts: {
+      trace: {
+        data: {
+          'sentry.source': 'route',
+          'sentry.origin': 'auto.pageload.vue',
+          'sentry.op': 'pageload',
+          'params.param': '1234',
+        },
+        op: 'pageload',
+        origin: 'auto.pageload.vue',
+      },
+    },
+    transaction: '/test-param/:param()',
+    transaction_info: {
+      source: 'route',
+    },
+  });
+});

packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { applySdkMetadata, getGlobalScope } from '@sentry/core';
 import { init as initNode } from '@sentry/node';
 import type { Client, EventProcessor } from '@sentry/types';
+import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../common/debug-build';
 import type { SentryNuxtOptions } from '../common/types';
 
 /**
@@ -26,8 +28,8 @@ export function init(options: SentryNuxtOptions): Client | undefined {
           // todo: the buildAssetDir could be changed in the nuxt config - change this to a more generic solution
           if (event.transaction?.match(/^GET \/_nuxt\//)) {
             options.debug &&
-              // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-              console.log('[Sentry] NuxtLowQualityTransactionsFilter filtered transaction: ', event.transaction);
+              DEBUG_BUILD &&
+              logger.log('NuxtLowQualityTransactionsFilter filtered transaction: ', event.transaction);
             return null;
           }
 

packages/vue/src/router.ts

@@ -50,18 +50,28 @@ export function instrumentVueRouter(
   },
   startNavigationSpanFn: (context: StartSpanOptions) => void,
 ): void {
+  let isFirstPageLoad = true;
+
   router.onError(error => captureException(error, { mechanism: { handled: false } }));
 
   router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
-    // According to docs we could use `from === VueRouter.START_LOCATION` but I couldnt get it working for Vue 2
+    // According to docs we could use `from === VueRouter.START_LOCATION` but I couldn't get it working for Vue 2
     // https://router.vuejs.org/api/#router-start-location
     // https://next.router.vuejs.org/api/#start-location
+    // Additionally, Nuxt does not provide the possibility to check for `from.matched.length === 0` (this is never 0).
+    // Therefore, a flag was added to track the page-load: isFirstPageLoad
 
     // from.name:
     // - Vue 2: null
     // - Vue 3: undefined
+    // - Nuxt: undefined
     // hence only '==' instead of '===', because `undefined == null` evaluates to `true`
-    const isPageLoadNavigation = from.name == null && from.matched.length === 0;
+    const isPageLoadNavigation =
+      (from.name == null && from.matched.length === 0) || (from.name === undefined && isFirstPageLoad);
+
+    if (isFirstPageLoad) {
+      isFirstPageLoad = false;
+    }
 
     const attributes: SpanAttributes = {
       [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.navigation.vue',

packages/vue/test/router.test.ts

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ describe('instrumentVueRouter()', () => {
 
       const from = testRoutes[fromKey]!;
       const to = testRoutes[toKey]!;
+      beforeEachCallback(to, testRoutes['initialPageloadRoute']!, mockNext); // fake initial pageload
       beforeEachCallback(to, from, mockNext);
 
       expect(mockStartSpan).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ describe('instrumentVueRouter()', () => {
         op: 'navigation',
       });
 
-      expect(mockNext).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockNext).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     },
   );
 
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ describe('instrumentVueRouter()', () => {
 
     const from = testRoutes.normalRoute1!;
     const to = testRoutes.namedRoute!;
+    beforeEachCallback(to, testRoutes['initialPageloadRoute']!, mockNext); // fake initial pageload
     beforeEachCallback(to, from, mockNext);
 
     // first startTx call happens when the instrumentation is initialized (for pageloads)
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ describe('instrumentVueRouter()', () => {
 
     const from = testRoutes.normalRoute1!;
     const to = testRoutes.namedRoute!;
+    beforeEachCallback(to, testRoutes['initialPageloadRoute']!, mockNext); // fake initial pageload
     beforeEachCallback(to, from, mockNext);
 
     // first startTx call happens when the instrumentation is initialized (for pageloads)
@@ -373,6 +376,7 @@ describe('instrumentVueRouter()', () => {
       expect(mockVueRouter.beforeEach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
       const beforeEachCallback = mockVueRouter.beforeEach.mock.calls[0]![0]!;
+      beforeEachCallback(testRoutes['normalRoute1']!, testRoutes['initialPageloadRoute']!, mockNext); // fake initial pageload
       beforeEachCallback(testRoutes['normalRoute2']!, testRoutes['normalRoute1']!, mockNext);
 
       expect(mockStartSpan).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(expectedCallsAmount);
@@ -391,6 +395,7 @@ describe('instrumentVueRouter()', () => {
 
     const from = testRoutes.normalRoute1!;
     const to = testRoutes.namedRoute!;
+    beforeEachCallback(to, testRoutes['initialPageloadRoute']!, mockNext); // fake initial pageload
     beforeEachCallback(to, from, undefined);
 
     // first startTx call happens when the instrumentation is initialized (for pageloads)