diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/integrations/data-inspector.ts b/packages/devtools/src/integrations/data-inspector.ts
index 5f2c560d9f..0bcdc80364 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/integrations/data-inspector.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/integrations/data-inspector.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Nitro } from 'nitropack'
 import type { Nuxt } from 'nuxt/schema'
-import type { ResolvedConfig } from 'vite'
+import type { ResolvedConfig, ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
 import type { NuxtDevtoolsServerContext, NuxtServerData } from '../types'
 import { createDataInspectorDevframe, registerDataSource } from '@devframes/plugin-data-inspector'
 import { deprecate, NUXT_DEVTOOLS_GROUP_ID, onDevtoolsReady } from '@nuxt/devtools-kit'
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ import { mountDevframe } from '@vitejs/devtools-kit/node'
  */
 interface CapturedServerData {
   nitro?: Nitro
-  viteClient?: ResolvedConfig
-  viteSsr?: ResolvedConfig
+  vite?: ViteDevServer
 }
 
 const captured: CapturedServerData = {}
@@ -70,18 +69,14 @@ export function setup(ctx: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext): void {
     captured.nitro = nitro
   })
 
-  // Capture the raw resolved Vite config for each environment. Nuxt fires
-  // `vite:configResolved` once with `isClient` and once with `isServer`, for
-  // both serial Vite servers and Environment API projections, so the source
-  // contract stays exactly `vite: { client, ssr }`. Nuxt marks this hook
-  // deprecated, but it is the only current host API that reports both configs
-  // semantically; the returned-environment-plugin path is unreliable in Vite 8
-  // (Vite resolves those plugins after top-level `configResolved`).
-  nuxt.hook('vite:configResolved', (config, env) => {
-    if (env.isClient)
-      captured.viteClient = config as unknown as ResolvedConfig
-    if (env.isServer)
-      captured.viteSsr = config as unknown as ResolvedConfig
+  // Capture the live Vite dev server instance. Nuxt 5 unified the former client
+  // and SSR Vite servers into a single dev server, so there is exactly one
+  // instance to capture. The server carries far more than the resolved config
+  // (which lives at `server.config`): its runtime `environments` (client/ssr),
+  // module graph, plugin containers, watcher, and websocket. The Data Inspector
+  // engine handles the deep/circular/function-valued branches.
+  nuxt.hook('vite:serverCreated', (server) => {
+    captured.vite = server as unknown as ViteDevServer
   })
 
   // Register the single live source early with a non-static factory, so Nuxt
@@ -97,16 +92,15 @@ export function setup(ctx: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext): void {
     data: () => ({
       nuxt: nuxt.options,
       nitro: captured.nitro?.options,
-      vite: {
-        client: captured.viteClient,
-        ssr: captured.viteSsr,
-      },
+      vite: captured.vite,
     }),
     queries: [
       { title: 'Overview', query: '', excludeFunctions: true },
-      { title: 'Nuxt options', query: 'nuxt', excludeFunctions: true },
-      { title: 'Nitro options', query: 'nitro', excludeFunctions: true },
-      { title: 'Vite configs', query: 'vite', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Nuxt modules', query: 'nuxt.modules', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Vite plugins', query: 'vite.config.plugins', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Vite config', query: 'vite.config', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Vite environments', query: 'vite.environments', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Nitro routes', query: 'nitro.handlers', excludeFunctions: true },
     ],
   })
 
@@ -114,8 +108,7 @@ export function setup(ctx: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext): void {
   nuxt.hook('close', () => {
     unregister()
     captured.nitro = undefined
-    captured.viteClient = undefined
-    captured.viteSsr = undefined
+    captured.vite = undefined
   })
 
   // Mount the Data Inspector's bundled SPA as a member of the Nuxt group. The
@@ -141,20 +134,26 @@ export function setup(ctx: NuxtDevtoolsServerContext): void {
  * use; it will be removed in a future major.
  *
  * Unlike the live source, this returns the legacy `NuxtServerData` shape
- * (`vite: { server, client }`) with the Vite configs normalized for RPC
- * transport.
+ * (`vite: { server, client }`) with the resolved Vite config normalized for RPC
+ * transport. Nuxt 5 unified the former client and SSR Vite servers into a
+ * single dev server instance, but the legacy shape predates that; this shim
+ * keeps the old contract alive independently by reading the one dev server's
+ * resolved config (`server.config`) and projecting it onto both `server` and
+ * `client` (each normalized separately, so consumers that mutate one field
+ * don't affect the other).
  */
 export function getServerData(nuxt: Nuxt): NuxtServerData {
   deprecate(nuxt, 'NDT_DEP_0009', {
     api: 'getServerData()',
     replacement: 'the Nuxt Application source in the Data Inspector panel',
   })
+  const config = captured.vite?.config
   return {
     nuxt: nuxt.options,
     nitro: captured.nitro?.options,
     vite: {
-      server: captured.viteSsr ? normalizeViteConfig(captured.viteSsr) : undefined,
-      client: captured.viteClient ? normalizeViteConfig(captured.viteClient) : undefined,
+      server: config ? normalizeViteConfig(config) : undefined,
+      client: config ? normalizeViteConfig(config) : undefined,
     },
     // `nuxt.options` is `@nuxt/schema`'s `NuxtOptions` while `NuxtServerData`
     // pins the structurally-identical `nuxt/schema` one; bridge the two.
@@ -166,6 +165,5 @@ export function getServerData(nuxt: Nuxt): NuxtServerData {
  */
 export function resetCapturedServerData(): void {
   captured.nitro = undefined
-  captured.viteClient = undefined
-  captured.viteSsr = undefined
+  captured.vite = undefined
 }
diff --git a/packages/devtools/test/data-inspector.test.ts b/packages/devtools/test/data-inspector.test.ts
index b731cd368d..71ab643d78 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/test/data-inspector.test.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/test/data-inspector.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Nuxt } from 'nuxt/schema'
-import type { ResolvedConfig } from 'vite'
+import type { ResolvedConfig, ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
 import {
   getDataSource,
   resetDataSources,
@@ -50,12 +50,23 @@ function fakeViteConfig(overrides: Partial<ResolvedConfig> = {}): ResolvedConfig
   } as unknown as ResolvedConfig
 }
 
-/** Drive Nuxt's `vite:configResolved` hook for one environment. */
-async function captureViteEnv(fake: FakeNuxt, envName: 'client' | 'ssr', config: ResolvedConfig) {
-  await fake.callHook('vite:configResolved', config, {
-    isClient: envName === 'client',
-    isServer: envName === 'ssr',
-  })
+/**
+ * Minimal Vite dev server stub. The resolved config lives at `.config`, and the
+ * runtime environments at `.environments`, mirroring `ViteDevServer`.
+ */
+function fakeViteServer(config: ResolvedConfig = fakeViteConfig()): ViteDevServer {
+  return {
+    config,
+    environments: { client: { name: 'client' }, ssr: { name: 'ssr' } },
+  } as unknown as ViteDevServer
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drive Nuxt's `vite:serverCreated` hook. Nuxt 5 unified the client and SSR
+ * Vite servers into a single instance, so this fires once with one dev server.
+ */
+async function captureVite(fake: FakeNuxt, server: ViteDevServer) {
+  await fake.callHook('vite:serverCreated', server)
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -77,16 +88,18 @@ describe('data-inspector source registration', () => {
     expect(typeof entry!.data).toBe('function')
   })
 
-  it('exposes the four read-only suggested queries with function exclusion', () => {
+  it('exposes the read-only suggested queries with function exclusion', () => {
     const { nuxt } = fakeNuxt()
     setup({ nuxt } as any)
 
     const queries = getDataSource('nuxt:application')!.queries!
     expect(queries).toEqual([
       { title: 'Overview', query: '', excludeFunctions: true },
-      { title: 'Nuxt options', query: 'nuxt', excludeFunctions: true },
-      { title: 'Nitro options', query: 'nitro', excludeFunctions: true },
-      { title: 'Vite configs', query: 'vite', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Nuxt modules', query: 'nuxt.modules', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Vite plugins', query: 'vite.config.plugins', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Vite config', query: 'vite.config', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Vite environments', query: 'vite.environments', excludeFunctions: true },
+      { title: 'Nitro routes', query: 'nitro.handlers', excludeFunctions: true },
     ])
   })
 
@@ -98,26 +111,25 @@ describe('data-inspector source registration', () => {
     const data = await resolveSourceData(getDataSource('nuxt:application')!) as any
     expect(data.nuxt).toBe(options)
     expect(data.nitro).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(data.vite).toEqual({ client: undefined, ssr: undefined })
+    expect(data.vite).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
-  it('populates Nitro and raw Vite configs after the hooks fire', async () => {
+  it('populates Nitro and the raw unified Vite dev server after the hooks fire', async () => {
     const fake = fakeNuxt()
     setup({ nuxt: fake.nuxt } as any)
 
     const nitro = { options: { preset: 'node' } }
     await fake.callHook('nitro:build:before', nitro)
 
-    const client = fakeViteConfig({ marker: 'client' } as any)
-    const ssr = fakeViteConfig({ marker: 'ssr' } as any)
-    await captureViteEnv(fake, 'client', client)
-    await captureViteEnv(fake, 'ssr', ssr)
+    const server = fakeViteServer(fakeViteConfig({ marker: 'vite' } as any))
+    await captureVite(fake, server)
 
     const data = await resolveSourceData(getDataSource('nuxt:application')!) as any
     expect(data.nitro).toBe(nitro.options)
-    // The live source hands the RAW config objects to the Data Inspector engine.
-    expect(data.vite.client).toBe(client)
-    expect(data.vite.ssr).toBe(ssr)
+    // The live source hands the RAW dev server instance to the Data Inspector
+    // engine; the resolved config is reachable at `vite.config`.
+    expect(data.vite).toBe(server)
+    expect(data.vite.config).toBe(server.config)
   })
 
   it('unregisters the source on the Nuxt `close` hook', async () => {
@@ -131,15 +143,14 @@ describe('data-inspector source registration', () => {
 })
 
 describe('getServerData deprecated shim', () => {
-  it('returns the legacy `vite: { server, client }` shape with normalized configs', async () => {
+  it('projects the unified config onto the legacy `vite: { server, client }` shape, normalized', async () => {
     const options = { appId: 'app' }
     const fake = fakeNuxt(options)
     setup({ nuxt: fake.nuxt } as any)
 
     const nitro = { options: { preset: 'node' } }
     await fake.callHook('nitro:build:before', nitro)
-    await captureViteEnv(fake, 'client', fakeViteConfig())
-    await captureViteEnv(fake, 'ssr', fakeViteConfig())
+    await captureVite(fake, fakeViteServer())
 
     const warn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
     const data = getServerData(fake.nuxt)
@@ -147,12 +158,17 @@ describe('getServerData deprecated shim', () => {
 
     expect(data.nuxt).toBe(options)
     expect(data.nitro).toBe(nitro.options)
-    // Legacy field naming: `ssr` capture maps to `vite.server`.
+    // Nuxt 5 has one Vite dev server; the shim reads its resolved config
+    // (`server.config`) and projects it onto both fields.
     expect(data.vite).toHaveProperty('server')
     expect(data.vite).toHaveProperty('client')
+    // Each field is normalized independently (separate object identities).
+    expect(data.vite.server).not.toBe(data.vite.client)
     // Normalization strips the live Vite branches for RPC transport.
     expect(data.vite.server!.inlineConfig).toBeNull()
     expect((data.vite.server!.plugins[0] as any).api).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(data.vite.client!.inlineConfig).toBeNull()
+    expect((data.vite.client!.plugins[0] as any).api).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
   it('emits the NDT_DEP_0009 deprecation once per process', () => {