diff --git a/packages/playground/cli/__tests__/cli.spec.ts b/packages/playground/cli/__tests__/cli.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3b735faef95ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/cli/__tests__/cli.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { port } from './serve'
+
+test('cli should work', async () => {
+  // this test uses a custom serve implementation, so regular helpers for browserLogs and goto don't work
+  // do the same thing manually
+  const logs = []
+  const onConsole = (msg) => {
+    logs.push(msg.text())
+  }
+  try {
+    page.on('console', onConsole)
+    await page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}/`)
+    expect(await page.textContent('.app')).toBe('vite cli works!')
+    expect(logs.some((msg) => msg.match('vite cli works!'))).toBe(true)
+  } finally {
+    page.off('console', onConsole)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/playground/cli/__tests__/serve.js b/packages/playground/cli/__tests__/serve.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5dd058f4e1a83c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/cli/__tests__/serve.js
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+// @ts-check
+// this is automtically detected by scripts/jestPerTestSetup.ts and will replace
+// the default e2e test serve behavior
+
+const path = require('path')
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-restricted-require
+const execa = require('execa')
+const { workspaceRoot } = require('../../testUtils')
+
+const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32'
+const port = (exports.port = 9510) // make sure this port is unique across tests with custom servers
+const viteBin = path.join(workspaceRoot, 'packages', 'vite', 'bin', 'vite.js')
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} root
+ * @param {boolean} isProd
+ */
+exports.serve = async function serve(root, isProd) {
+  // collect stdout and stderr streams from child processes here to avoid interfering with regular jest output
+  const streams = {
+    build: { out: [], err: [] },
+    server: { out: [], err: [] }
+  }
+  // helpers to collect streams
+  const collectStreams = (name, process) => {
+    process.stdout.on('data', (d) => streams[name].out.push(d.toString()))
+    process.stderr.on('data', (d) => streams[name].err.push(d.toString()))
+  }
+  const collectErrorStreams = (name, e) => {
+    e.stdout && streams[name].out.push(e.stdout)
+    e.stderr && streams[name].err.push(e.stderr)
+  }
+
+  // helper to output stream content on error
+  const printStreamsToConsole = async (name) => {
+    const std = streams[name]
+    if (std.out && std.out.length > 0) {
+      console.log(`stdout of ${name}\n${std.out.join('\n')}\n`)
+    }
+    if (std.err && std.err.length > 0) {
+      console.log(`stderr of ${name}\n${std.err.join('\n')}\n`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // only run `vite build` when needed
+  if (isProd) {
+    const buildCommand = `${viteBin} build`
+    try {
+      const buildProcess = execa.command(buildCommand, {
+        cwd: root,
+        stdio: 'pipe'
+      })
+      collectStreams('build', buildProcess)
+      await buildProcess
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`error while executing cli command "${buildCommand}":`, e)
+      collectErrorStreams('build', e)
+      await printStreamsToConsole('build')
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  // run `vite --port x` or `vite preview --port x` to start server
+  const viteServerArgs = ['--port', `${port}`, '--strict-port']
+  if (isProd) {
+    viteServerArgs.unshift('preview')
+  }
+  const serverCommand = `${viteBin} ${viteServerArgs.join(' ')}`
+  const serverProcess = execa.command(serverCommand, {
+    cwd: root,
+    stdio: 'pipe'
+  })
+  collectStreams('server', serverProcess)
+
+  // close server helper, send SIGTERM followed by SIGKILL if needed, give up after 3sec
+  const close = async () => {
+    if (serverProcess) {
+      const timeoutError = `server process still alive after 3s`
+      try {
+        killProcess(serverProcess)
+        await resolvedOrTimeout(serverProcess, 3000, timeoutError)
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e === timeoutError || (!serverProcess.killed && !isWindows)) {
+          collectErrorStreams('server', e)
+          console.error(
+            `error while killing cli command "${serverCommand}":`,
+            e
+          )
+          await printStreamsToConsole('server')
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await startedOnPort(serverProcess, port, 3000)
+    return { close }
+  } catch (e) {
+    collectErrorStreams('server', e)
+    console.error(`error while executing cli command "${serverCommand}":`, e)
+    await printStreamsToConsole('server')
+    try {
+      await close()
+    } catch (e1) {
+      console.error(
+        `error while killing cli command after failed execute "${serverCommand}":`,
+        e1
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// helper to validate that server was started on the correct port
+async function startedOnPort(serverProcess, port, timeout) {
+  let checkPort
+  const startedPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    checkPort = (data) => {
+      const str = data.toString()
+      // hack, console output may contain color code gibberish
+      // skip gibberish between localhost: and port number
+      const match = str.match(/(http:\/\/localhost:)(?:.*)(\d{4})/)
+      if (match) {
+        const startedPort = parseInt(match[2], 10)
+        if (startedPort === port) {
+          resolve()
+        } else {
+          const msg = `server listens on port ${startedPort} instead of ${port}`
+          reject(msg)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    serverProcess.stdout.on('data', checkPort)
+  })
+  return resolvedOrTimeout(
+    startedPromise,
+    timeout,
+    `failed to start within ${timeout}ms`
+  ).finally(() => serverProcess.stdout.off('data', checkPort))
+}
+
+// helper function to kill process, uses taskkill on windows to ensure child process is killed too
+function killProcess(serverProcess) {
+  if (isWindows) {
+    try {
+      execa.commandSync(`taskkill /pid ${serverProcess.pid} /T /F`)
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('failed to taskkill:', e)
+    }
+  } else {
+    serverProcess.kill('SIGTERM', { forceKillAfterTimeout: 2000 })
+  }
+}
+
+// helper function that rejects with errorMessage if promise isn't settled within ms
+async function resolvedOrTimeout(promise, ms, errorMessage) {
+  let timer
+  return Promise.race([
+    promise,
+    new Promise((_, reject) => {
+      timer = setTimeout(() => reject(errorMessage), ms)
+    })
+  ]).finally(() => {
+    clearTimeout(timer)
+    timer = null
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/playground/cli/index.html b/packages/playground/cli/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9dabaa9ddeb84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/cli/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
+
+<div class="app">vite cli works!</div>
diff --git a/packages/playground/cli/index.js b/packages/playground/cli/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6b6158ca27aaf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/cli/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('vite cli works!')
diff --git a/packages/playground/cli/package.json b/packages/playground/cli/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0518f1fd930210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/cli/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "test-cli",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "vite",
+    "build": "vite build",
+    "debug": "node --inspect-brk ../../vite/bin/vite",
+    "serve": "vite preview"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/playground/cli/vite.config.js b/packages/playground/cli/vite.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..014aa6d378934b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/cli/vite.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const { defineConfig } = require('vite')
+
+module.exports = defineConfig({
+  server: {
+    host: 'localhost'
+  },
+  build: {
+    //speed up build
+    minify: false,
+    target: 'esnext'
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/playground/css/postcss-caching/css.spec.ts b/packages/playground/css/postcss-caching/css.spec.ts
index 835538666db7bb..6c85d127003680 100644
--- a/packages/playground/css/postcss-caching/css.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/css/postcss-caching/css.spec.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,51 @@ import path from 'path'
 
 test('postcss config', async () => {
   const port = 5005
+  const startServer = async (root) => {
+    const server = await createServer({
+      root,
+      logLevel: 'silent',
+      server: {
+        port,
+        strictPort: true
+      },
+      build: {
+        // skip transpilation during tests to make it faster
+        target: 'esnext'
+      }
+    })
+    await server.listen()
+    return server
+  }
   const blueAppDir = path.join(__dirname, 'blue-app')
   const greenAppDir = path.join(__dirname, 'green-app')
+  let blueApp
+  let greenApp
+  try {
+    blueApp = await startServer(blueAppDir)
 
-  process.chdir(blueAppDir)
-  const blueApp = await createServer()
-  await blueApp.listen(port)
-  await page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}`)
-  const blueA = await page.$('.postcss-a')
-  expect(await getColor(blueA)).toBe('blue')
-  const blueB = await page.$('.postcss-b')
-  expect(await getColor(blueB)).toBe('black')
-  await blueApp.close()
+    await page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}`)
+    const blueA = await page.$('.postcss-a')
+    expect(await getColor(blueA)).toBe('blue')
+    const blueB = await page.$('.postcss-b')
+    expect(await getColor(blueB)).toBe('black')
+    await blueApp.close()
+    blueApp = null
 
-  process.chdir(greenAppDir)
-  const greenApp = await createServer()
-  await greenApp.listen(port)
-  await page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}`)
-  const greenA = await page.$('.postcss-a')
-  expect(await getColor(greenA)).toBe('black')
-  const greenB = await page.$('.postcss-b')
-  expect(await getColor(greenB)).toBe('green')
-  await greenApp.close()
+    greenApp = await startServer(greenAppDir)
+    await page.goto(`http://localhost:${port}`)
+    const greenA = await page.$('.postcss-a')
+    expect(await getColor(greenA)).toBe('black')
+    const greenB = await page.$('.postcss-b')
+    expect(await getColor(greenB)).toBe('green')
+    await greenApp.close()
+    greenApp = null
+  } finally {
+    if (blueApp) {
+      await blueApp.close()
+    }
+    if (greenApp) {
+      await greenApp.close()
+    }
+  }
 })
diff --git a/packages/playground/testUtils.ts b/packages/playground/testUtils.ts
index f0b54f1e5c972d..2be13b1aee8cc4 100644
--- a/packages/playground/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/testUtils.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const isBuild = !!process.env.VITE_TEST_BUILD
 const testPath = expect.getState().testPath
 const testName = slash(testPath).match(/playground\/([\w-]+)\//)?.[1]
 export const testDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../packages/temp', testName)
+export const workspaceRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../')
 
 const hexToNameMap: Record<string, string> = {}
 Object.keys(colors).forEach((color) => {
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
index 605c274cba2e58..1166b48f35f857 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -106,19 +106,16 @@ cli
         throw new Error('HTTP server not available')
       }
 
+      await server.listen()
+
       printHttpServerUrls(server.httpServer, server.config, options)
 
       // @ts-ignore
       if (global.__vite_start_time) {
-        info(
-          chalk.cyan(
-            // @ts-ignore
-            performance.now() - global.__vite_start_time
-          )
-        )
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const startupDuration = performance.now() - global.__vite_start_time
+        info(`\n  ${chalk.cyan(`ready in ${Math.ceil(startupDuration)}ms.`)}\n`)
       }
-
-      await server.listen()
     } catch (e) {
       createLogger(options.logLevel).error(
         chalk.red(`error when starting dev server:\n${e.stack}`),
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/logger.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/logger.ts
index a6a6ae279f71e2..5ba5adf7c63054 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/logger.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function printHttpServerUrls(
   }
 }
 
-export function printServerUrls(
+function printServerUrls(
   hostname: Hostname,
   protocol: string,
   port: number,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function printServerUrls(
   } else {
     Object.values(os.networkInterfaces())
       .flatMap((nInterface) => nInterface ?? [])
-      .filter((detail) => detail.family === 'IPv4')
+      .filter((detail) => detail && detail.address && detail.family === 'IPv4')
       .map((detail) => {
         const type = detail.address.includes('127.0.0.1')
           ? 'Local:   '
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 325d637a43700f..5a3488b3a4033a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ importers:
     dependencies:
       tailwindcss: 2.2.15_ts-node@10.2.1
 
+  packages/playground/cli:
+    specifiers: {}
+
   packages/playground/css:
     specifiers:
       css-dep: link:./css-dep