From 4339bdb8dbb7c26eaff2ea51a770fda991925b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sapphi-red <49056869+sapphi-red@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:36:29 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] fix(asset): only watch existing files for `new URL(,
 import.meta.url)`

---
 packages/vite/src/node/plugins/assetImportMetaUrl.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/assetImportMetaUrl.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/assetImportMetaUrl.ts
index 37aef68c303ad5..74af98cc62a6f0 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/assetImportMetaUrl.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/assetImportMetaUrl.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   isDataUrl,
   isParentDirectory,
   transformStableResult,
+  tryStatSync,
 } from '../utils'
 import { CLIENT_ENTRY } from '../constants'
 import { slash } from '../../shared/utils'
@@ -142,8 +143,11 @@ export function assetImportMetaUrlPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
                 const publicPath = '/' + path.posix.relative(publicDir, file)
                 builtUrl = await fileToUrl(this, publicPath)
               } else {
-                this.addWatchFile(file)
                 builtUrl = await fileToUrl(this, file)
+                // during dev, builtUrl may point to a directory or a non-existing file
+                if (tryStatSync(file)?.isFile()) {
+                  this.addWatchFile(file)
+                }
               }
             } catch {
               // do nothing, we'll log a warning after this