diff --git a/.changeset/console-pipe-vite-forward-loop.md b/.changeset/console-pipe-vite-forward-loop.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..306bddb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/console-pipe-vite-forward-loop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/devtools-bundler-core': patch
+'@tanstack/devtools-vite': patch
+---
+
+Stop the console pipe feedback loop with Vite 8 `server.forwardConsole`. The server side of the pipe no longer sends browser logs that Vite printed in the terminal back to the browser.
diff --git a/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.test.ts b/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.test.ts
index 31788c278..ec5ff9001 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.test.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.test.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,30 @@ afterEach(() => {
   vi.useRealTimers()
   vi.unstubAllGlobals()
   delete (window as any).__TSD_CONSOLE_PIPE_INITIALIZED__
+  delete (globalThis as any).__TSD_SERVER_CONSOLE_PIPE_INITIALIZED__
 })
 
+function setupServerErrorConsolePipe() {
+  const originalError = console.error
+  const originalErrorMock = vi.fn()
+  const fetchMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+
+  console.error = originalErrorMock
+  vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchMock)
+
+  // Shadow `window` so the generated code takes its server branch.
+  const code = generateConsolePipeCode(['error'], TEST_VITE_URL)
+  new Function('window', code)(undefined)
+
+  return {
+    fetchMock,
+    originalErrorMock,
+    restore: () => {
+      console.error = originalError
+    },
+  }
+}
+
 function setupWarnConsolePipe() {
   const originalWarn = console.warn
   const originalWarnMock = vi.fn()
@@ -241,4 +263,36 @@ describe('virtual-console', () => {
       restore()
     }
   })
+
+  test('does not send browser logs that Vite forwarded to the terminal back to the browser', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+
+    const { fetchMock, originalErrorMock, restore } =
+      setupServerErrorConsolePipe()
+
+    try {
+      // The shape of a Vite 8 `server.forwardConsole` line.
+      const forwarded =
+        '\x1b[2m9:27:59 PM\x1b[22m \x1b[36m\x1b[1m[vite]\x1b[22m\x1b[39m \x1b[2m(client)\x1b[22m \x1b[2m[console.error] \x1b[22m[Server] seed'
+
+      console.error(forwarded)
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100)
+
+      expect(originalErrorMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(forwarded)
+      expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+      // A server log that only mentions the marker is still sent.
+      console.error('request hit [console.error] detail')
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100)
+
+      expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(getFirstFetchBody(fetchMock).entries[0]).toMatchObject({
+        level: 'error',
+        source: 'server',
+        args: ['request hit [console.error] detail'],
+      })
+    } finally {
+      restore()
+    }
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.ts b/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.ts
index 04aa02527..a221006e6 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-bundler-core/src/virtual-console.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@ export function generateConsolePipeCode(
           return;
         }
 
+        // Vite 8 \`server.forwardConsole\` prints browser console calls in the
+        // terminal as "<time> [vite] (client) [console.<level>] ...". Sending
+        // those back to the browser as server logs makes the browser log them
+        // again, and Vite forwards them again, without end.
+        if (isServer && args.length > 0 && typeof args[0] === 'string' &&
+            /\\[vite\\].*\\(client\\).*\\[console\\.[a-z]+\\] /.test(args[0])) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         var safeArgs = args.map(function(arg) {
           try {
             return serializeConsoleArg(arg, [], 0);