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process.exit(1)
}

// The app's `.env` inlined the same way the embedded build does it
// (build-gea-vite-geatsc.mjs). Without this every `process.env.<KEY>` the app
// reads throws ReferenceError in the browser and the whole app fails to mount —
// which is what happened to weather, whose store reads GEA_WIFI_SSID at module
// scope. This dev server is the CSS reference the native targets are compared
// against, so it has to run the same source the device build runs.
let envDefines = {}
try {
const mod = await import(path.join(coreRoot, 'scripts/dotenv-defines.mjs'))
envDefines = mod.dotEnvDefines(appDir)
} catch (error) {
console.warn(` (no .env defines: ${error.message})`)
envDefines = {}
}

const alias = buildAliases({ coreRoot, appDir })
const babel = loadBabel(coreRoot)
const compatTransform = createCompatPlugin(transformGeaEmbeddedCompatSource, babel)
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compatTransform,
withoutTsconfigWrite(geaPlugin()),
],
define: envDefines,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- final file around loader and Vite config ---'
sed -n '80,145p;205,250p' targets/web/dev-web.mjs
printf '%s\n' '--- dotEnv plugin definitions ---'
rg -n -C 12 'createDotEnvPlugin|dotEnvDefines|envDefines' .
printf '%s\n' '--- Vite declarations and dependency versions ---'
rg -n -C 4 '"vite"|vite@|version.*vite' package.json package-lock.json pnpm-lock.yaml yarn.lock targets package.json 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- related tests ---'
rg -n -C 10 'envDefines|createDotEnvPlugin|\\.env|define:' --glob '*test*' --glob '*spec*' --glob '*.mjs' --glob '*.js' --glob '*.ts' .

Repository: geastack/simulator

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rg -n -C 12 'createDotEnvPlugin|dotEnvDefines|envDefines' .
rg -n -C 4 '"vite"|vite@|version.*vite' package.json package-lock.json pnpm-lock.yaml yarn.lock targets/package.json 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -C 10 'envDefines|createDotEnvPlugin|\.env|define:' --glob '*test*' --glob '*spec*' --glob '*.mjs' --glob '*.js' --glob '*.ts' .

Repository: geastack/simulator

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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- shared plugin and dotenv helper references ---'
sed -n '420,475p' targets/web/dom-web-shared.mjs
rg -n -C 12 'function dotEnvDefines|export .*dotEnvDefines|dotEnvDefines' --glob 'dotenv-defines.mjs' --glob '*.mjs' .
printf '%s\n' '--- exact locked Vite version ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
with open('package-lock.json') as f:
    data=json.load(f)
for key, value in data.get('packages', {}).items():
    if key == 'node_modules/vite':
        print(value)
PY
printf '%s\n' '--- browser dotenv test ---'
sed -n '1,120p' targets/web/test/dom-web-dotenv-defines.browser.test.mjs

Repository: geastack/simulator

Length of output: 16802

🌐 Web query:

Vite 8 server.restart inline config re-resolve define option official source

💡 Result:

In Vite 8, `server.restart(forceOptimize?)` **doesn’t accept inline config**. The official API documents only an optional boolean to force dependency re-optimization; it doesn’t offer a way to pass new config values such as `define`. ([v8.vite.dev](https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript))

Inline config is accepted by `createServer(inlineConfig)`, and `InlineConfig` extends `UserConfig`. So to change `define`, create a new server with the updated config (and close the old one), rather than passing it to `restart()`. ([v8.vite.dev](https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript))

Citations:

- 1: https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript
- 2: https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript

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rg -n -C 12 'function dotEnvDefines|export .*dotEnvDefines|dotEnvDefines' --glob 'dotenv-defines.mjs' --glob '*.mjs' .
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
with open('package-lock.json') as f:
    data=json.load(f)
for key, value in data.get('packages', {}).items():
    if key == 'node_modules/vite':
        print(value)
PY
sed -n '1,120p' targets/web/test/dom-web-dotenv-defines.browser.test.mjs

Repository: geastack/simulator

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🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/vitejs/vite v8.3.0 server.restart inlineConfig resolveConfig

💡 Result:

In Vite **v8.3.0**, `server.restart()` restarts the dev server, while `resolveConfig(inlineConfig, 'serve')` resolves configuration for the new server. The server code also accepts an already-resolved config, so it doesn’t resolve it again. ([github.com](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts?utm_source=openai))

The GitHub search surfaced an open restart-race issue: a second config-file change during an in-flight restart may be dropped. (GitHub issue 23392 in vitejs/vite (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts?utm_source=openai
- 2: GitHub issue 23392 in vitejs/vite (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

Refresh define values during Vite config resolution.

envDefines is computed once before createServer. Vite 8.3.0 re-resolves a restart from the original inline config, so a module handled by Vite's define transform can retain the old .env value. createDotEnvPlugin refreshes only its own transform map. Load define values from a Vite config hook, and add a regression test for a define-pass replacement after editing .env.

Suggested fix 
-let envDefines = {}
-try {
-  const mod = await import(path.join(coreRoot, 'scripts/dotenv-defines.mjs'))
-  envDefines = mod.dotEnvDefines(appDir)
-} catch (error) {
-  console.warn(`  (no .env defines: ${error.message})`)
-  envDefines = {}
-}
+const envDefinePlugin = {
+  name: 'gea-dotenv-define',
+  config() {
+    try {
+      return { define: dotEnv.dotEnvDefines(appDir) }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(`  (no .env defines: ${error.message})`)
+      return { define: {} }
+    }
+  },
+}
 
   plugins: [
     harnessPlugin,
+    envDefinePlugin,
     createDotEnvPlugin(() => dotEnv.dotEnvDefines(appDir), babel),
...
-  define: envDefines,
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Review comment at @targets/web/dev-web.mjs at line 230:
Refresh `define` values during Vite config resolution instead of reusing the
one-time `envDefines` value. Add a Vite `config` hook that loads the current
dotenv defines for `appDir`, and add a regression test confirming a define-pass
replacement reflects an edited `.env` value after restart.

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esbuild: { jsx: 'preserve' }, // geaPlugin (pre) rewrites every JSX site; esbuild must not touch it
resolve: { alias },
// Never pre-bundle the framework. The reactive runtime keys its subscriber
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