From fa7f427ee4050a285d8de9f859d9f31d385663cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oskar Eichler <62393985+OskarEichler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:08:05 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tools): recognize running Metro instances at literal
 project paths

---
 packages/cli-tools/src/getNextPort.ts | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/getNextPort.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/getNextPort.ts
index be4a5a4d0..374fe13c7 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tools/src/getNextPort.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/getNextPort.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ const getNextPort = async (port: number, root: string): Promise<Result> => {
 
   const isRunning = typeof result === 'object' && result.status === 'running';
 
-  if (
-    isRunning &&
-    result.root === new URL(`file:///${root}`).pathname.slice(1)
-  ) {
+  if (isRunning && result.root === root) {
     // Found running bundler for this project, so we do not need to start packager!
     start = false;
   } else if (isRunning || result === 'unrecognized') {