From 50c4baf455d4f1ccd38553039881dae869f6108a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Roe <daniel@roe.dev>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:00:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(nuxt): avoid preloading external routes

---
 packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
index 5244625ac0f..42dbc3d5ae2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export function defineNuxtLink (options: NuxtLinkOptions) {
                   unobserve = null
                   await Promise.all([
                     nuxtApp.hooks.callHook('link:prefetch', to.value as string).catch(() => {}),
-                    preloadRouteComponents(to.value as string, router).catch(() => {})
+                    !isExternal.value && preloadRouteComponents(to.value as string, router).catch(() => {})
                   ])
                   prefetched.value = true
                 })