fix: provide a plugin to resolve the virtual module (#11242)

.changeset/fair-wasps-hunt.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes a case where the virtual module `astro:container` wasn't resolved

packages/astro/src/container/vite-plugin-container.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type * as vite from 'vite';
+
+const virtualModuleId = 'astro:container';
+
+export default function astroContainer(): vite.Plugin {
+	return {
+		name: 'astro:container',
+		enforce: 'pre',
+		resolveId(id) {
+			if (id === virtualModuleId) {
+				return this.resolve('astro/virtual-modules/container.js');
+			}
+		},
+	};
+}

packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { createViteLogger } from './logger/vite.js';
 import { vitePluginMiddleware } from './middleware/vite-plugin.js';
 import { joinPaths } from './path.js';
 import { isObject } from './util.js';
+import astroContainer from "../container/vite-plugin-container.js";
 
 interface CreateViteOptions {
 	settings: AstroSettings;
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ export async function createVite(
 			astroDevToolbar({ settings, logger }),
 			vitePluginFileURL({}),
 			astroInternationalization({ settings }),
+			astroContainer()
 		],
 		publicDir: fileURLToPath(settings.config.publicDir),
 		root: fileURLToPath(settings.config.root),