Live demonstrations of what shipped in Nuxt 4.5, plus the settings this project turned on to make the eventual Nuxt 5 upgrade uneventful.
useFetch({ enabled }) The request is gated on a reactive getter. Nothing is sent until you have typed more than two characters, and toggling the gate off mid-flight cancels the request without clearing data.
NuxtLink prefetch slot props With the custom prop, Nuxt no longer attaches prefetch handlers for you — it cannot know how you structured the markup. The slot now hands you prefetch, prefetched and shouldPrefetch so you can wire it yourself.