Function allocate 

pub fn allocate(
    workers: &[String],
    base_port: Option<u16>,
    opts: &DevOptions,
) -> Vec<Serving>

Allocate a port per worker (#552): wrangler dev binds one port per process, so serving N contexts means N distinct ports, assigned base + i over the deterministic worker order.

The one exception preserves the pre-#552 contract: a lone worker with no explicit --base-port gets None — no injected --port at all — so it lands on wrangler’s own default and -- --port N still works. Injecting unconditionally would break that, because a repeated --port is a hard wrangler error, not last-wins.

Inspector ports follow the same shape, from --inspect-port. They are allocated under --inspect, and also whenever more than one worker is served (#1954): wrangler dev always starts its inspector, on 9229 unless told otherwise, so N wranglers started together all bind 9229 and every one but the first dies with Address already in use. A lone worker without --inspect gets none, keeping its invocation byte-for-byte as before.