diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_completion.nu b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_completion.nu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bb22b34f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_completion.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Nushell 0.116 deprecates a positional completer input such as `context` (#3127).
+# Nushell writes the warning to stderr, so complete in a child process.
+let lines = [
+  "vp en",
+  "ls | vp en",
+  "echo \"it's okay\" | vp en",
+  "vpr ",
+  "ls | vpr ",
+  "do {\n  let x = 1\n  vpr ",
+]
+let script = $"source env.nu
+($lines | to nuon) | each {|line| $line | commandline complete } | to json --raw"
+let result = ^$nu.current-exe -n -c $script | complete
+if $result.exit_code != 0 {
+  error make { msg: $"completion failed: ($result.stderr)" }
+}
+if ($result.stderr | str contains "deprecated") {
+  error make { msg: $"completion printed a deprecation warning: ($result.stderr)" }
+}
+
+let completions = $result.stdout | from json
+for index in [0 1 2] {
+  let values = $completions | get $index | each {|value| $value | str trim }
+  if "env" not-in $values {
+    error make { msg: $"`($lines | get $index)` did not complete `env`, got: ($values)" }
+  }
+}
+
+# `buffer` includes the earlier commands. Without the `vpr` translation, fish completes file names.
+for index in [4 5] {
+  if ($completions | get $index) != ($completions | get 3) {
+    error make { msg: $"`($lines | get $index)` completed differently from `vpr `, got: ($completions | get $index)" }
+  }
+}
+
+# Nushell 0.115 and earlier pass the current command and the cursor position by position.
+# CI has only a newer Nushell, so call the completers in that form directly.
+# An empty command makes fish list every command, which also includes `env`, so compare
+# each result with the completion of the same line above.
+let legacy_script = "source env.nu
+[
+  (nu-complete vp 'vp en' 5 | get value)
+  (nu-complete vpr 'vpr ' 4 | get value)
+] | to json --raw"
+let legacy_result = ^$nu.current-exe -n -c $legacy_script | complete
+if $legacy_result.exit_code != 0 {
+  error make { msg: $"legacy completion failed: ($legacy_result.stderr)" }
+}
+
+let legacy = $legacy_result.stdout | from json
+for pair in [[0 0] [1 3]] {
+  let expected = $completions | get $pair.1 | each {|value| $value | str trim } | sort
+  let got = $legacy | get $pair.0 | each {|value| $value | str trim } | sort
+  if $got != $expected {
+    error make { msg: $"legacy `($lines | get $pair.1)` completed differently, got: ($got)" }
+  }
+}
+
+print "Nushell completer checks passed"
diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_shadowed.nu b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_shadowed.nu
index ecba751f54..bafb52d94d 100644
--- a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_shadowed.nu
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/assert_shadowed.nu
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ def prepend [] { }
 def append [] { }
 def "str starts-with" [] { }
 def "str replace" [] { }
+def "str join" [] { }
+def describe [] { }
 def "path expand" [] { }
 def "path exists" [] { }
 def "from tsv" [] { }
diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots.toml b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots.toml
index 60ce3e035b..babf9401fe 100644
--- a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots.toml
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,14 @@ steps = [
   { argv = ["vpt", "cp", "assert_shadowed.nu", "home/assert_shadowed.nu"], snapshot = false },
   { argv = ["nu", "assert_shadowed.nu"], cwd = "home", comment = "env.nu loads and runs `vp env use` when user commands shadow the built-ins it calls (#3092)", envs = [["VP_HOME", "${workspace}/home"]] },
 ]
+
+[[case]]
+name = "command_env_nushell_completer_input"
+vp = "global"
+skip-platforms = ["windows"]
+requires = ["nu", "fish"]
+steps = [
+  { argv = ["vp", "env", "setup", "--refresh"], envs = [["VP_HOME", "${workspace}/home"]], snapshot = false },
+  { argv = ["vpt", "cp", "assert_completion.nu", "home/assert_completion.nu"], snapshot = false },
+  { argv = ["nu", "assert_completion.nu"], cwd = "home", comment = "env.nu completers complete `vp` after a pipeline and do not use the positional input that Nushell 0.116 deprecates (#3127)", envs = [["VP_HOME", "${workspace}/home"]] },
+]
diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots/command_env_nushell_completer_input.md b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots/command_env_nushell_completer_input.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05923e5da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_env_nushell/snapshots/command_env_nushell_completer_input.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# command_env_nushell_completer_input
+
+## `VP_HOME=${workspace}/home vp env setup --refresh`
+
+
+## `vpt cp assert_completion.nu home/assert_completion.nu`
+
+
+## `cd home && VP_HOME=${workspace}/home nu assert_completion.nu`
+
+env.nu completers complete `vp` after a pipeline and do not use the positional input that Nushell 0.116 deprecates (#3127)
+
+```
+Nushell completer checks passed
+```
diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/shell_integration_cwd_templates/snapshots/shell_integration_cwd_templates.md b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/shell_integration_cwd_templates/snapshots/shell_integration_cwd_templates.md
index 390ff6fe9f..4ffc1c657a 100644
--- a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/shell_integration_cwd_templates/snapshots/shell_integration_cwd_templates.md
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/shell_integration_cwd_templates/snapshots/shell_integration_cwd_templates.md
@@ -248,9 +248,19 @@ def --env --wrapped vp [...args: string@"nu-complete vp"] {
 }
 
 # Shell completion for nushell (delegates to fish completions dynamically)
-def "nu-complete vp" [context: string] {
-    let fish_cmd = $"VP_COMPLETE=fish command vp | source; complete '--do-complete=($context)'"
-    ^fish --command $fish_cmd | %from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer | %rename value description | %update value {|row|
+# Nushell 0.116+ binds `buffer` and `place` by name: `buffer` is the whole line up to the cursor,
+# and `place.command` is the words of the current command up to the cursor. Older releases pass
+# the current command in `buffer` and the cursor position in `place`. See "Unified custom
+# completions" in https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2026-09-26-nushell_v0_116_0.html#unified-custom-completions
+# `place` is `any` because it is an int or a record. `oneof<int, record>` needs Nushell 0.105+,
+# and every Nushell release must parse the legacy env.nu.
+def "nu-complete vp current-command" [buffer: string, place: any] {
+    if (($place | %describe) starts-with "record") { $place.command | %str join ' ' } else { $buffer }
+}
+# Fish gets the command as an argument, so quotes in it cannot end a fish string.
+def "nu-complete vp fish" [command: string] {
+    let fish_script = 'VP_COMPLETE=fish command vp | source; complete --do-complete=$argv[1]'
+    ^fish --command $fish_script $command | %from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer | %rename value description | %update value {|row|
         let value = $row.value
         let need_quote = ['\' ',' '[' ']' '(' ')' ' ' '\t' "'" '"' "`"] | %any {$in in $value}
         if ($need_quote and ($value | %path exists)) {
@@ -259,8 +269,12 @@ def "nu-complete vp" [context: string] {
         } else {$value}
     }
 }
+def "nu-complete vp" [buffer: string, place: any] {
+    nu-complete vp fish (nu-complete vp current-command $buffer $place)
+}
 # Completion logic for vpr (translates context to 'vp run ...')
-def "nu-complete vpr" [context: string] {
+def "nu-complete vpr" [buffer: string, place: any] {
+    let context = nu-complete vp current-command $buffer $place
     let modified_context = if ($context =~ '^vpr(?<cwd>\s+-C\s+(?:"[^"]*"|\x27[^\x27]*\x27|\S+))\s') {
         $context | %str replace -r '^vpr(?<cwd>\s+-C\s+(?:"[^"]*"|\x27[^\x27]*\x27|\S+))\s' 'vp$cwd run '
     } else if ($context =~ '^vpr(?<cwd>\s+-C=?(?:"[^"]*"|\x27[^\x27]*\x27|\S+))\s') {
@@ -270,15 +284,7 @@ def "nu-complete vpr" [context: string] {
     } else {
         $context | %str replace -r '^vpr' 'vp run'
     }
-    let fish_cmd = $"VP_COMPLETE=fish command vp | source; complete '--do-complete=($modified_context)'"
-    ^fish --command $fish_cmd | %from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer | %rename value description | %update value {|row|
-        let value = $row.value
-        let need_quote = ['\' ',' '[' ']' '(' ')' ' ' '\t' "'" '"' "`"] | %any {$in in $value}
-        if ($need_quote and ($value | %path exists)) {
-            let expanded_path = if ($value starts-with ~) {$value | %path expand --no-symlink} else {$value}
-            $'"($expanded_path | %str replace --all "\"" "\\\"")"'
-        } else {$value}
-    }
+    nu-complete vp fish $modified_context
 }
 export extern "vpr" [...args: string@"nu-complete vpr"]
 ```
diff --git a/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/env/setup.rs b/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/env/setup.rs
index 176ee3691d..90339f898f 100644
--- a/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/env/setup.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/env/setup.rs
@@ -1009,9 +1009,19 @@ def --env --wrapped vp [...args: string@"nu-complete vp"] {
 }
 
 # Shell completion for nushell (delegates to fish completions dynamically)
-def "nu-complete vp" [context: string] {
-    let fish_cmd = $"VP_COMPLETE=fish command vp | source; complete '--do-complete=($context)'"
-    ^fish --command $fish_cmd | %from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer | %rename value description | %update value {|row|
+# Nushell 0.116+ binds `buffer` and `place` by name: `buffer` is the whole line up to the cursor,
+# and `place.command` is the words of the current command up to the cursor. Older releases pass
+# the current command in `buffer` and the cursor position in `place`. See "Unified custom
+# completions" in https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2026-09-26-nushell_v0_116_0.html#unified-custom-completions
+# `place` is `any` because it is an int or a record. `oneof<int, record>` needs Nushell 0.105+,
+# and every Nushell release must parse the legacy env.nu.
+def "nu-complete vp current-command" [buffer: string, place: any] {
+    if (($place | %describe) starts-with "record") { $place.command | %str join ' ' } else { $buffer }
+}
+# Fish gets the command as an argument, so quotes in it cannot end a fish string.
+def "nu-complete vp fish" [command: string] {
+    let fish_script = 'VP_COMPLETE=fish command vp | source; complete --do-complete=$argv[1]'
+    ^fish --command $fish_script $command | %from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer | %rename value description | %update value {|row|
         let value = $row.value
         let need_quote = ['\' ',' '[' ']' '(' ')' ' ' '\t' "'" '"' "`"] | %any {$in in $value}
         if ($need_quote and ($value | %path exists)) {
@@ -1020,8 +1030,12 @@ def "nu-complete vp" [context: string] {
         } else {$value}
     }
 }
+def "nu-complete vp" [buffer: string, place: any] {
+    nu-complete vp fish (nu-complete vp current-command $buffer $place)
+}
 # Completion logic for vpr (translates context to 'vp run ...')
-def "nu-complete vpr" [context: string] {
+def "nu-complete vpr" [buffer: string, place: any] {
+    let context = nu-complete vp current-command $buffer $place
     let modified_context = if ($context =~ '^vpr(?<cwd>\s+-C\s+(?:"[^"]*"|\x27[^\x27]*\x27|\S+))\s') {
         $context | %str replace -r '^vpr(?<cwd>\s+-C\s+(?:"[^"]*"|\x27[^\x27]*\x27|\S+))\s' 'vp$cwd run '
     } else if ($context =~ '^vpr(?<cwd>\s+-C=?(?:"[^"]*"|\x27[^\x27]*\x27|\S+))\s') {
@@ -1031,15 +1045,7 @@ def "nu-complete vpr" [context: string] {
     } else {
         $context | %str replace -r '^vpr' 'vp run'
     }
-    let fish_cmd = $"VP_COMPLETE=fish command vp | source; complete '--do-complete=($modified_context)'"
-    ^fish --command $fish_cmd | %from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer | %rename value description | %update value {|row|
-        let value = $row.value
-        let need_quote = ['\' ',' '[' ']' '(' ')' ' ' '\t' "'" '"' "`"] | %any {$in in $value}
-        if ($need_quote and ($value | %path exists)) {
-            let expanded_path = if ($value starts-with ~) {$value | %path expand --no-symlink} else {$value}
-            $'"($expanded_path | %str replace --all "\"" "\\\"")"'
-        } else {$value}
-    }
+    nu-complete vp fish $modified_context
 }
 export extern "vpr" [...args: string@"nu-complete vpr"]
 "#;
@@ -1968,6 +1974,10 @@ mod tests {
                 assert!(sigil.contains("| %update value {|row|"), "got: {sigil}");
                 assert!(sigil.contains(r#"("/tmp/vp%home" | %path expand"#), "got: {sigil}");
                 assert!(sigil.contains("^fish --command"), "got: {sigil}");
+                // Completers must not cause the Nushell 0.116 positional-input warning (#3127).
+                assert!(sigil.contains(r#"def "nu-complete vp" [buffer: string, place: any]"#));
+                assert!(sigil.contains(r#"def "nu-complete vpr" [buffer: string, place: any]"#));
+                assert!(!sigil.contains("[context"), "got: {sigil}");
 
                 let legacy = render_env_content(EnvShell::Nu, &config, NuSyntax::Legacy);
                 assert!(legacy.contains("| update value {|row|"), "got: {legacy}");