11ty dev server can "trap" you on the current page

[KonnorRogers]

2026-08-09_16-42-46.remuxed.mp4

Firefox 153
Mac M3
Tahoe 26.5.1
11ty 3.1.6

Looks like specifically its the "focus" event listener seems to be the problem:

dev-server/client/reload-client.js

Lines 325 to 326 in 1c65860

	window.addEventListener("focus", this.reconnectEventCallback);
	window.addEventListener("visibilitychange", this.reconnectEventCallback);

from what i can tell event ordering is:

focus -> beforeunload -> unload

so because focus fires before the unload events, it blocks navigation to external places. Haven't tested the new alpha releases if its the same.