diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 776127446ef..8270218e95f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,16 +1,37 @@
 {
   "name": "Discourse",
-  "image": "discourse/discourse_dev:release",
-  "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/../..,target=/var/www/discourse,type=bind",
-  "workspaceFolder": "/var/www/discourse",
-  "settings": {
-    "search.followSymlinks": false
-  },
-  "postStartCommand": "sudo /sbin/boot",
-  "extensions": ["rebornix.Ruby"],
-  "forwardPorts": [9292],
+  "image": "docker.io/discourse/discourse_dev:20241111-0710",
+  "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/workspace/discourse,type=bind",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/workspace/discourse",
+  "postStartCommand": "./.devcontainer/scripts/start.rb",
+  "forwardPorts": [
+    9292, // bin/unicorn
+    3000, // bin/rails s
+    4200, // ember-cli
+    8025, // mailhog
+    9229  // chrome remote debug
+  ],
   "remoteUser": "discourse",
   "remoteEnv": {
-    "DISCOURSE_DEV_HOSTS": ".githubpreview.dev"
+    "RAILS_DEVELOPMENT_HOSTS": ".app.github.dev",
+    "PGUSER": "discourse",
+    "SELENIUM_FORWARD_DEVTOOLS_TO_PORT": "9229",
+  },
+  "mounts": [
+    "source=${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}-node_modules,target=${containerWorkspaceFolder}/node_modules,type=volume",
+    "source=${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}-pg,target=/shared/postgres_data,type=volume",
+    "source=${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}-redis,target=/shared/redis,type=volume"
+  ],
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "Shopify.ruby-lsp",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+        "ruby-syntax-tree.vscode-syntax-tree",
+        "lifeart.vscode-glimmer-syntax",
+        "typed-ember.glint-vscode"
+      ]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/start.rb b/.devcontainer/scripts/start.rb
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..f00972c335b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/start.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+puts "👋 Welcome to the Discourse devcontainer! Let's get everything ready..."
+
+puts "Setting permissions on volume mounts..."
+system "sudo chown discourse .", exception: true
+system "sudo chown discourse node_modules", exception: true
+system "sudo chown -R postgres /shared/postgres_data", exception: true
+
+puts "Starting services..."
+fork do
+  Process.daemon
+  exec "sudo nohup /sbin/boot"
+end
+
+system "cp -n .vscode/settings.json.sample .vscode/settings.json", exception: true
+system "cp -n .vscode/tasks.json.sample .vscode/tasks.json", exception: true
+
+puts <<~TXT
+  🎉 All done!
+
+  Next steps:
+    1. Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + B to run the shortcuts/boot-dev task
+    2. Wait for the server to start
+    3. Open your browser to http://localhost:4200
+TXT
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 3ea3050050f..1cb711620bd 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
     "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
     "ruby-syntax-tree.vscode-syntax-tree",
-    "lifeart.vscode-glimmer-syntax"
+    "lifeart.vscode-glimmer-syntax",
+    "typed-ember.glint-vscode"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json.sample b/.vscode/tasks.json.sample
index ea802ffa622..c7640bb5e32 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json.sample
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json.sample
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   "version": "2.0.0",
   "tasks": [
     {
-      "label": "deps/yarn",
+      "label": "deps/pnpm",
       "type": "shell",
-      "command": "yarn install",
+      "command": "pnpm install",
       "presentation": {
         "reveal": "always",
         "group": "deps",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     {
       "label": "deps/all",
       "dependsOn": [
-        "deps/yarn",
+        "deps/pnpm",
         "deps/bundle"
       ],
       "problemMatcher": []
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/custom-proxy/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/custom-proxy/index.js
index 6a62acf8aa7..39813fb4a4a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/custom-proxy/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/custom-proxy/index.js
@@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ function updateScriptReferences({
           );
         }
 
-        // We use _lr/livereload.js directly instead of ember-cli-live-reload so that the protocol/port is configured automatically
+        // ember-cli-live-reload doesn't select ports correctly, so we use _lr/livereload directly
         // (important for cloud development environments like GitHub CodeSpaces)
         newElements.unshift(
-          `<script async src="/_lr/livereload.js?path=_lr/livereload" nonce="${nonce}"></script>`
+          `<script nonce="${nonce}">window.LiveReloadOptions = { "path": "_lr/livereload", "host": location.host, "port": location.port || (location.protocol === "https:" ? 443 : 80) }</script>`,
+          `<script async src="/_lr/livereload.js" nonce="${nonce}"></script>`
         );
       }
 
diff --git a/bin/ember-cli b/bin/ember-cli
index cf3cf33c088..cdac84622cf 100755
--- a/bin/ember-cli
+++ b/bin/ember-cli
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ pnpm_env["FORWARD_HOST"] = "true" if ARGV.include?("--forward-host")
 
 if ARGV.include?("-u") || ARGV.include?("--unicorn")
   unicorn_env = { "DISCOURSE_PORT" => ENV["DISCOURSE_PORT"] || "4200" }
+
+  if command == "server" && ENV["CODESPACE_NAME"]
+    unicorn_env.merge!(
+      {
+        "DISCOURSE_PORT" => "443",
+        "DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS" => "1",
+        "DISCOURSE_FORCE_HOSTNAME" => "#{ENV["CODESPACE_NAME"]}-4200.#{ENV["GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN"]}"
+      }
+    )
+  end
+
   unicorn_pid = spawn(unicorn_env, __dir__ + "/unicorn")
   ember_cli_pid = nil
 
diff --git a/spec/support/system_helpers.rb b/spec/support/system_helpers.rb
index 55cc4128625..7ba73ee189d 100644
--- a/spec/support/system_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/system_helpers.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ module SystemHelpers
     msg = "Test paused. Press enter to resume, or `d` + enter to start debugger.\n\n"
     msg += "Browser inspection URLs:\n"
 
+    base_url = page.driver.browser.send(:devtools_address)
+    uri = URI(base_url)
+    response = Net::HTTP.get(uri.hostname, "/json/list", uri.port)
+
+    socat_pid = nil
+
+    if exposed_port = ENV["SELENIUM_FORWARD_DEVTOOLS_TO_PORT"]
+      socat_pid =
+        fork do
+          chrome_port = uri.port
+          exec "socat tcp-listen:#{exposed_port},reuseaddr,fork tcp:localhost:#{chrome_port}"
+        end
+    end
+
     # Fetch devtools urls
     base_url = page.driver.browser.send(:devtools_address)
     uri = URI(base_url)
@@ -15,13 +29,28 @@ module SystemHelpers
     JSON
       .parse(response)
       .each do |result|
-        msg +=
-          " - (#{result["type"]}) #{base_url}#{result["devtoolsFrontendUrl"]} (#{URI(result["url"]).path})\n"
+        devtools_url = "#{base_url}#{result["devtoolsFrontendUrl"]}"
+
+        devtools_url = devtools_url.gsub(":#{uri.port}", ":#{exposed_port}") if exposed_port
+
+        if ENV["CODESPACE_NAME"]
+          devtools_url =
+            devtools_url
+              .gsub(
+                "localhost:#{exposed_port}",
+                "#{ENV["CODESPACE_NAME"]}-#{exposed_port}.#{ENV["GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN"]}",
+              )
+              .gsub("http://", "https://")
+              .gsub("ws=", "wss=")
+        end
+
+        msg += " - (#{result["type"]}) #{devtools_url} (#{URI(result["url"]).path})\n"
       end
 
     result = ask("\n\e[33m#{msg}\e[0m")
     binding.pry if result == "d" # rubocop:disable Lint/Debugger
     puts "\e[33mResuming...\e[0m"
+    Process.kill("TERM", socat_pid) if socat_pid
     self
   end