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Resolves #178

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This PR emits a <link rel="preconnect"> for provider origins during SSR. Only external http(s) origins are preconnected; relative and same-origin images are skipped. One tag per origin (deduped with unhead's key), and the tag's crossorigin matches the image. <NuxtImg> covers the main image and its placeholder, <NuxtPicture> covers each source. image.preconnect: false opts out.

It's on by default. The change is additive and costs nothing on the client, since the call sites are behind import.meta.server and get tree-shaken.

Tests: unit tests for the origin resolution, and e2e for a remote origin, a same-origin page with no hint, <NuxtPicture>, a remote placeholder, crossorigin matching and dedupe.

During SSR, register a deduped `<link rel="preconnect">` for the origin of
each rendered image URL, so the browser can start the DNS/TCP/TLS handshake
with the provider before the images are parsed.

- Only external http(s) origins are preconnected; relative/same-origin
  images (e.g. the default ipx provider) and non-http(s) URLs are ignored.
- Repeated images from the same origin collapse to a single link tag
  (deduped via the unhead `key`).
- `crossorigin` mirrors the image's own crossorigin attribute.
- New `image.preconnect` option (default `true`) opts out.

Refs nuxt#178
- `useRequestURL()` can throw outside a request context; resolve the base URL
  inside a try/catch so a missing request event skips preconnect instead of
  failing the render.
- Add a NuxtPicture fixture (`/picture-preconnect`) and e2e coverage asserting
  a remote provider origin is preconnected from the picture sources.

Refs nuxt#178
It is a caller-facing interface; requiring the new field would break external
consumers that construct it. Runtime already treats anything but exact `false`
as enabled, matching the optional `quality` field alongside it.
NuxtPicture preconnects the origins of its sources too, so the note that was
only on the NuxtImg page applies here as well.
The dedupe is unhead's, driven by the key we pass — say "keyed", not
"deduped".
Adds a fixture with three same-origin remote images, two of them
`crossorigin="anonymous"`, and asserts the head emits exactly two hints: one
carrying `crossorigin="anonymous"`, one without. This locks both the emitted
attribute and the key contract (same origin in two connection modes stays two
hints, while repeated calls in the same mode collapse to one).

Also drops test/e2e/preconnect.test.ts: the opt-out assertion only checked for
the absence of hints and cost a second full Nuxt build; the positive coverage
in ssr.test.ts is what exercises the feature.
Placeholders render before the main image, so their origin matters more than
most. `usePreconnect` is now called for the resolved placeholder as well: an
explicit remote placeholder URL gets its own hint, while a generated
placeholder stays on the main image's origin and dedupes into the same tag.

The fixture's main image is local, so the hint can only come from the
placeholder.
NuxtPicture renders `attrs.img`, which merges `imgAttrs` after the
`crossorigin` prop, while the hint used the prop's value alone. With
`:imgAttrs="{ crossorigin: 'use-credentials' }"` the image is fetched in
credentials mode but the hint opened an anonymous connection — which the
browser cannot reuse for a credentials fetch, so the preconnect was wasted.
Derive the hint from the same merged value the image renders.

An empty `crossorigin` attribute also means anonymous per HTML, so normalise it
rather than dropping it.
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The change adds a default-on server-side preconnect option for external image origins. NuxtImg and NuxtPicture register preconnect links for eligible image URLs, including NuxtImg placeholders. Same-origin and non-HTTP(S) URLs do not produce links. Cross-origin links use normalized crossorigin values. The option can disable preconnects. Tests and documentation cover the new behavior.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding preconnect hints for external image provider origins.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the SSR preconnect behavior, supported components, deduplication, crossorigin handling, opt-out configuration, and test coverage.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #178 directly requests consideration of provider preconnect entries in the Nuxt head and defines no detailed acceptance criteria. The PR adds SSR preconnect links for eligible external HTTP(S) i…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The source changes implement the preconnect behavior for issue #178. The documentation explains the new option and behavior. Playground pages provide feature coverage. Unit tests, SSR tests, and the b…
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Issue #178 directly requests consideration of provider preconnect entries in the Nuxt head and defines no detailed acceptance criteria. The PR adds SSR preconnect links for eligible external HTTP(S) image origins. It covers NuxtImg, placeholders, and NuxtPicture sources. It skips relative and same-origin URLs, deduplicates hints by origin and connection mode, matches crossorigin, supports opt-out, and adds unit and SSR tests.

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