Why Your App Shouldn't Run on Port 8080 in Production

Port 8080 is a non-privileged TCP port commonly used as a development alternative to port 80. Unlike port 443 (HTTPS) or port 80 (HTTP), port 8080 carries no transport-layer encryption, no firewall recognition by default, and no browser-enforced redirect behavior - which makes it a poor choice for serving live user traffic. Port 8080 exposes production apps to unencrypted traffic, non-standard firewall rules, and browser security warnings - all avoidable by serving on port 443 with TLS. Most dev