Investigate Vite 7 release and impact

[jennifer-shehane]

What would you like?

Draft blog post for Vite 7: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/20119/files
Draft migration guide for Vite 7: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/20051/files

Beta releases available: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases

Why is this needed?

No response

Other

No response

[alexsch01]

"Node.js 20.19+ / 22.12+ is now required"

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Looking through the commits, it requires --experimental-require-module option being enabled by default

vitejs/vite@2b80243

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which probably interferes with #31308

"starting in nodejs 20.19.0 and 22.12.0, the --experimental-require-module option is now enabled by default."

[alexsch01]

VITE v7.0.0-beta.1 on nodejs 20.18.3 with vite.config.js (CommonJS) / vite.config.cjs

failed to load config from C:\Users\FakeUser\Downloads\_delme\vite.config.js
error when starting dev server:
Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module C:\Users\FakeUser\Downloads\_delme\node_modules\vite\dist\node\index.js from C:\Users\FakeUser\Downloads\_delme\vite.config.js not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in C:\Users\FakeUser\Downloads\_delme\vite.config.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at _require.extensions.<computed> [as .js] (file:///C:/Users/FakeUser/Downloads/_delme/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-Da5Rc_CS.js:36488:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\FakeUser\Downloads\_delme\vite.config.js:25:19)
    at _require.extensions.<computed> [as .js] (file:///C:/Users/FakeUser/Downloads/_delme/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-Da5Rc_CS.js:36487:44)

[MikeMcC399]

vite@7.0.0 is showing release today, June 24, 2025