fix: Wrap vite-plugin-external in custom plugin and fix issues

code/lib/builder-vite/src/plugins/external-globals-plugin.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { globals } from '@storybook/preview/globals';
+import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
+import { viteExternalsPlugin } from 'vite-plugin-externals';
+
+type ConfigHookFn = Extract<
+  ReturnType<typeof viteExternalsPlugin>['config'],
+  (...args: any[]) => any
+>;
+
+export async function externalsGlobalsPlugin() {
+  const plugin = viteExternalsPlugin(globals, { useWindow: false });
+  return {
+    ...plugin,
+    name: 'storybook:external-globals-plugin',
+    // wrap config hook to fix issues from `vite-plugin-externals`
+    async config(...configArgs) {
+      const config = await (plugin.config as ConfigHookFn)(...configArgs);
+      return {
+        resolve: {
+          alias: config?.resolve?.alias,
+        },
+      };
+    },
+  } satisfies Plugin;
+}

code/lib/builder-vite/src/plugins/index.ts

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export * from './mdx-plugin';
 export * from './strip-story-hmr-boundaries';
 export * from './code-generator-plugin';
 export * from './csf-plugin';
+export * from './external-globals-plugin';

code/lib/builder-vite/src/vite-config.ts

@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ import type {
   UserConfig as ViteConfig,
   InlineConfig,
 } from 'vite';
-import { viteExternalsPlugin } from 'vite-plugin-externals';
 import { isPreservingSymlinks, getFrameworkName, getBuilderOptions } from '@storybook/core-common';
-import { globals } from '@storybook/preview/globals';
 import type { Options } from '@storybook/types';
 import {
   codeGeneratorPlugin,
   csfPlugin,
   injectExportOrderPlugin,
   mdxPlugin,
   stripStoryHMRBoundary,
+  externalsGlobalsPlugin,
 } from './plugins';
 import type { BuilderOptions } from './types';
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ export async function pluginConfig(options: Options) {
         }
       },
     },
-    viteExternalsPlugin(globals, { useWindow: false, disableInServe: true }),
+    externalsGlobalsPlugin(),
   ] as PluginOption[];
 
   // TODO: framework doesn't exist, should move into framework when/if built