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The web dev server now inlines the process.env.<KEY> values an app reads, as the embedded build already does. Weather reads GEA_WIFI_SSID at module scope, so gea dev weather served a blank page. That real-DOM page is the reference the native targets are compared against, so it has to run the same source as the device build.

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  • Developer Experience
    • Environment-defined values are now available during web app development. If they can’t be loaded, development continues with an empty set of values.

The embedded build inlines every `process.env.<KEY>` an app reads through
dotEnvDefines (build-gea-vite-geatsc.mjs); this dev server did not, so the
same source threw ReferenceError in the browser. Weather reads GEA_WIFI_SSID
at module scope, so the whole app failed to mount and `gea dev weather`
served a blank page.

That page is the real-DOM, real-CSS rendering the native targets are compared
against, so it has to run the source the device build runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The web development script now loads .env definitions from the core package and passes them to Vite. If loading or evaluating the definitions fails, the script warns and uses an empty object.

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Web development environment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Load and configure environment definitions
targets/web/dev-web.mjs
The script loads the app’s .env definitions and uses an empty object if loading fails. It passes the resulting definitions to Vite’s define option.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: puskuruk

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 712b3

Changes to .env may leave some development values stale until the server is restarted. This is a bounded development issue, not a blocker to merging.

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  • observed — targets (ui) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in targets/web/dev-web.mjs: Loads the app’s .env definitions through the core package and stores them for Vite; on failure, logs a warning and falls back to an empty object.
  • observed — Modified behavior in targets/web/dev-web.mjs: Passes the loaded environment definitions to Vite’s define configuration.
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Review comments at @targets/web/dev-web.mjs:
- Line 230: Refresh `define` values during Vite config resolution instead of
reusing the one-time `envDefines` value. Add a Vite `config` hook that loads the
current dotenv defines for `appDir`, and add a regression test confirming a
define-pass replacement reflects an edited `.env` value after restart.

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compatTransform,
withoutTsconfigWrite(geaPlugin()),
],
define: envDefines,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- PR diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=60 efc5e0bd16dcaa82739844516a60f48e96a2e9b5 712b3122b2c6ab01da8b83a0a8467288fddc1c3 -- targets/web/dev-web.mjs
printf '%s\n' '--- final file around loader and Vite config ---'
sed -n '80,145p;205,250p' targets/web/dev-web.mjs
printf '%s\n' '--- dotEnv plugin definitions ---'
rg -n -C 12 'createDotEnvPlugin|dotEnvDefines|envDefines' .
printf '%s\n' '--- Vite declarations and dependency versions ---'
rg -n -C 4 '"vite"|vite@|version.*vite' package.json package-lock.json pnpm-lock.yaml yarn.lock targets package.json 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- related tests ---'
rg -n -C 10 'envDefines|createDotEnvPlugin|\\.env|define:' --glob '*test*' --glob '*spec*' --glob '*.mjs' --glob '*.js' --glob '*.ts' .

Repository: geastack/simulator

Length of output: 45040


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set -eu
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=60 efc5e0bd16dcaa82739844516a60f48e96a2e9b5 712b3122b2c6ab01da8b83a0a8467288fddc1c3 -- targets/web/dev-web.mjs
sed -n '80,145p;205,250p' targets/web/dev-web.mjs
rg -n -C 12 'createDotEnvPlugin|dotEnvDefines|envDefines' .
rg -n -C 4 '"vite"|vite@|version.*vite' package.json package-lock.json pnpm-lock.yaml yarn.lock targets/package.json 2>/dev/null || true
rg -n -C 10 'envDefines|createDotEnvPlugin|\.env|define:' --glob '*test*' --glob '*spec*' --glob '*.mjs' --glob '*.js' --glob '*.ts' .

Repository: geastack/simulator

Length of output: 42321


🏁 Script executed:

set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- shared plugin and dotenv helper references ---'
sed -n '420,475p' targets/web/dom-web-shared.mjs
rg -n -C 12 'function dotEnvDefines|export .*dotEnvDefines|dotEnvDefines' --glob 'dotenv-defines.mjs' --glob '*.mjs' .
printf '%s\n' '--- exact locked Vite version ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
with open('package-lock.json') as f:
    data=json.load(f)
for key, value in data.get('packages', {}).items():
    if key == 'node_modules/vite':
        print(value)
PY
printf '%s\n' '--- browser dotenv test ---'
sed -n '1,120p' targets/web/test/dom-web-dotenv-defines.browser.test.mjs

Repository: geastack/simulator

Length of output: 16802


🌐 Web query:

Vite 8 server.restart inline config re-resolve define option official source

💡 Result:

In Vite 8, `server.restart(forceOptimize?)` **doesn’t accept inline config**. The official API documents only an optional boolean to force dependency re-optimization; it doesn’t offer a way to pass new config values such as `define`. ([v8.vite.dev](https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript))

Inline config is accepted by `createServer(inlineConfig)`, and `InlineConfig` extends `UserConfig`. So to change `define`, create a new server with the updated config (and close the old one), rather than passing it to `restart()`. ([v8.vite.dev](https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript))

Citations:

- 1: https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript
- 2: https://v8.vite.dev/guide/api-javascript

🏁 Script executed:

set -eu
sed -n '420,475p' targets/web/dom-web-shared.mjs
rg -n -C 12 'function dotEnvDefines|export .*dotEnvDefines|dotEnvDefines' --glob 'dotenv-defines.mjs' --glob '*.mjs' .
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
with open('package-lock.json') as f:
    data=json.load(f)
for key, value in data.get('packages', {}).items():
    if key == 'node_modules/vite':
        print(value)
PY
sed -n '1,120p' targets/web/test/dom-web-dotenv-defines.browser.test.mjs

Repository: geastack/simulator

Length of output: 16689


🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/vitejs/vite v8.3.0 server.restart inlineConfig resolveConfig

💡 Result:

In Vite **v8.3.0**, `server.restart()` restarts the dev server, while `resolveConfig(inlineConfig, 'serve')` resolves configuration for the new server. The server code also accepts an already-resolved config, so it doesn’t resolve it again. ([github.com](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts?utm_source=openai))

The GitHub search surfaced an open restart-race issue: a second config-file change during an in-flight restart may be dropped. (GitHub issue 23392 in vitejs/vite (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts?utm_source=openai
- 2: GitHub issue 23392 in vitejs/vite (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

Refresh define values during Vite config resolution.

envDefines is computed once before createServer. Vite 8.3.0 re-resolves a restart from the original inline config, so a module handled by Vite's define transform can retain the old .env value. createDotEnvPlugin refreshes only its own transform map. Load define values from a Vite config hook, and add a regression test for a define-pass replacement after editing .env.

Suggested fix
-let envDefines = {}
-try {
-  const mod = await import(path.join(coreRoot, 'scripts/dotenv-defines.mjs'))
-  envDefines = mod.dotEnvDefines(appDir)
-} catch (error) {
-  console.warn(`  (no .env defines: ${error.message})`)
-  envDefines = {}
-}
+const envDefinePlugin = {
+  name: 'gea-dotenv-define',
+  config() {
+    try {
+      return { define: dotEnv.dotEnvDefines(appDir) }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(`  (no .env defines: ${error.message})`)
+      return { define: {} }
+    }
+  },
+}
 
   plugins: [
     harnessPlugin,
+    envDefinePlugin,
     createDotEnvPlugin(() => dotEnv.dotEnvDefines(appDir), babel),
...
-  define: envDefines,
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @targets/web/dev-web.mjs at line 230:
Refresh `define` values during Vite config resolution instead of reusing the
one-time `envDefines` value. Add a Vite `config` hook that loads the current
dotenv defines for `appDir`, and add a regression test confirming a define-pass
replacement reflects an edited `.env` value after restart.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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