diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index da446597fd68ba..f7291c03b01c91 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ export interface DevOptions {
    */
   createEnvironment?: (server: ViteDevServer, name: string) => DevEnvironment
 
+  /**
+   * For environments that support a full-reload, like the client, we can short-circuit when
+   * restarting the server throwing early to stop processing current files. We avoided this for
+   * SSR requests. Maybe this is no longer needed.
+   * @experimental
+   */
+  recoverable?: boolean
+
   /**
    * Defaults to true for the client environment and false for others, following node permissive
    * security model.
@@ -526,6 +534,7 @@ export type ResolvedConfig = Readonly<
 export function resolveDevOptions(
   dev: DevOptions | undefined,
   preserverSymlinks: boolean,
+  environmentName: string | undefined,
 ): ResolvedDevOptions {
   return {
     sourcemap: dev?.sourcemap ?? { js: true },
@@ -542,6 +551,7 @@ export function resolveDevOptions(
       preserverSymlinks,
     ),
     createEnvironment: dev?.createEnvironment,
+    recoverable: dev?.recoverable ?? environmentName === 'client',
   }
 }
 
@@ -556,7 +566,11 @@ function resolveEnvironmentOptions(
     resolve,
     nodeCompatible: config.nodeCompatible ?? environmentName !== 'client',
     webCompatible: config.webCompatible ?? environmentName === 'client',
-    dev: resolveDevOptions(config.dev, resolve.preserveSymlinks),
+    dev: resolveDevOptions(
+      config.dev,
+      resolve.preserveSymlinks,
+      environmentName,
+    ),
     build: resolveBuildOptions(
       config.build,
       logger,
@@ -890,9 +904,12 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     },
   }
 
+  // TODO: Deprecate and remove resolve, dev and build options at the root level of the resolved config
+
   const resolvedDevOptions = resolveDevOptions(
     config.dev,
     resolvedDefaultEnvironmentResolve.preserveSymlinks,
+    undefined, // default environment
   )
 
   const resolvedBuildOptions = resolveBuildOptions(
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/pluginContainer.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/pluginContainer.ts
index 36be718aeba110..c1eef122fd0587 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/pluginContainer.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/pluginContainer.ts
@@ -716,7 +716,8 @@ export async function createPluginContainer(
       let id: string | null = null
       const partial: Partial<PartialResolvedId> = {}
       for (const plugin of getSortedPlugins('resolveId')) {
-        if (closed && !ssr) throwClosedServerError()
+        if (closed && environment?.options.dev.recoverable)
+          throwClosedServerError()
         if (!plugin.resolveId) continue
         if (skip?.has(plugin)) continue
 
@@ -779,7 +780,8 @@ export async function createPluginContainer(
       ctx.ssr = !!ssr
       ctx.environment = environment
       for (const plugin of getSortedPlugins('load')) {
-        if (closed && !ssr) throwClosedServerError()
+        if (closed && environment?.options.dev.recoverable)
+          throwClosedServerError()
         if (!plugin.load) continue
         ctx._activePlugin = plugin
         const handler = getHookHandler(plugin.load)
@@ -810,7 +812,8 @@ export async function createPluginContainer(
       ctx.ssr = !!ssr
       ctx.environment = environment
       for (const plugin of getSortedPlugins('transform')) {
-        if (closed && !ssr) throwClosedServerError()
+        if (closed && environment?.options.dev.recoverable)
+          throwClosedServerError()
         if (!plugin.transform) continue
         ctx._activePlugin = plugin
         ctx._activeId = id
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/transformRequest.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/transformRequest.ts
index 6c5640f93f57c9..6e67a0e1ff829b 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/transformRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/transformRequest.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ export function transformRequest(
     options = { ...options, ssr: environment.name !== 'client' }
   }
 
-  if (server._restartPromise && !options.ssr) throwClosedServerError()
+  if (server._restartPromise && environment?.options.dev.recoverable)
+    throwClosedServerError()
 
   // We could have a cache per environment instead of the global _pendingRequests
   const cacheKey = `${options.html ? 'html:' : ''}${environment.name}:${url}`
@@ -343,7 +344,8 @@ async function loadAndTransform(
     throw err
   }
 
-  if (server._restartPromise && !ssr) throwClosedServerError()
+  if (server._restartPromise && environment.options.dev.recoverable)
+    throwClosedServerError()
 
   // ensure module in graph after successful load
   mod ??= await moduleGraph._ensureEntryFromUrl(url, undefined, resolved)
@@ -416,7 +418,8 @@ async function loadAndTransform(
     }
   }
 
-  if (server._restartPromise && !ssr) throwClosedServerError()
+  if (server._restartPromise && environment.options.dev.recoverable)
+    throwClosedServerError()
 
   const result =
     ssr && !server.config.experimental.skipSsrTransform