Diagnosing Vite.js Hot Module Replacement Failures: Symptoms, Checks, and Fixes
A step‑by‑step diagnostic guide for Vite.js HMR failures: symptoms, cause table, ordered checks, fixes, and when to escalate.
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A step‑by‑step diagnostic guide for Vite.js HMR failures: symptoms, cause table, ordered checks, fixes, and when to escalate.
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Integration Boundary: Vite Dev Server and Browser Client Vite utilizes a WebSocket connection to facilitate Hot Module Replacement (HMR), allowing the server to push module invalidation events to the browser client based on the internal module graph. When a file is modified, Vite determines the minimum set of affected modules to update via the import.meta.ho