fix(nuxt): don't short circuit middleware after validate function

packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts

@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       if (app.mainComponent!.includes('@nuxt/ui-templates')) {
         app.mainComponent = resolve(runtimeDir, 'app.vue')
       }
-      app.middleware.unshift({
-        name: 'validate',
-        path: resolve(runtimeDir, 'validate'),
-        global: true
-      })
     })
 
     // Prerender all non-dynamic page routes when generating app

packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/router.ts

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ import {
 import { createError } from 'h3'
 import { withoutBase, isEqual } from 'ufo'
 import NuxtPage from './page'
+import validate from './validate'
 import { callWithNuxt, defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig, showError, clearError, navigateTo, useError, useState } from '#app'
 // @ts-ignore
 import _routes from '#build/routes'
 // @ts-ignore
 import routerOptions from '#build/router.options'
 // @ts-ignore
 import { globalMiddleware, namedMiddleware } from '#build/middleware'
-
 declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
   export interface GlobalComponents {
     NuxtPage: typeof NuxtPage
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
       }
     }
 
+    middlewareEntries.add(() => validate(to))
+
     for (const entry of middlewareEntries) {
       const middleware = typeof entry === 'string' ? nuxtApp._middleware.named[entry] || await namedMiddleware[entry]?.().then((r: any) => r.default || r) : entry
 

packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/validate.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import { createError, defineNuxtRouteMiddleware } from '#app'
+import { RouteLocation } from 'vue-router'
 
-export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async (to) => {
+export default async (to: RouteLocation) => {
   if (!to.meta?.validate) { return }
 
   const result = await Promise.resolve(to.meta.validate(to))
-  if (typeof result === 'boolean') {
-    return result
+  if (result === true) {
+    return
   }
-
-  return createError(result)
-})
+  return result
+}