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fix: don't emit the dev bootstrap into builds with a non-standard NODE_ENV - #16023

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Since 2.63.1 (#15971), the init script's eager import('/@vite/client') was gated on DEV from esm-env, which folds on NODE_ENV — so NODE_ENV=staging vite build shipped the dev bootstrap in production output (#16008). Sorry for the regression (awkward emoji face + that one emoji with a sweat drop) #15971.

As @Rich-Harris suggested in #16008, this goes back to the import.meta.hot trick, but in the generated client app.js instead of per kit module. All user client code is imported through app.js, so Vite injecting its client as that module's first dependency guarantees the define globals exist before hooks.client.js (or anything else) evaluates — static import order, with no possibility of the race the eager import() left open. This also keeps #13249 fixed. The start graph already has the same guarantee via the preamble in client.js.

render.js now emits no dev-only code at all. The remaining esm-env DEV gates in the runtime still fold with a non-standard NODE_ENV.

Fixes #16008


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One note on approach. The review discussion on #15971 raised that the #15574-style environment handling would be more fool proof than per-module import.meta.hot guards, and longer term that seems right. This PR takes the smaller route for 2.x, with the guard in the generated app.js as one choke point rather than scattered per module.

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"test": "pnpm test:dev && pnpm test:build",
"test:dev": "DEV=true playwright test",
"test:build": "playwright test && REGISTER_SERVICE_WORKER=true playwright test"
"test:build": "NODE_ENV=custom playwright test && REGISTER_SERVICE_WORKER=true playwright test"

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This helps catch the reported issue after build

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Thanks! You're alright. The regression was my fault.

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# Releases
## @sveltejs/kit@2.65.1

### Patch Changes


- fix: avoid importing the Vite development client code into builds with
a non-standard `NODE_ENV`
([#16023](#16023))


- fix: don't emit the unused bundle and stylesheet files when using
`bundleStrategy: 'inline'`
([#16025](#16025))


- fix: reset queries before navigating when `invalidateAll` is set
([#16014](#16014))


- fix: regression in loading assets for absolute path apps
([#16026](#16026))

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…DE_ENV (#16313)

The NODE_ENV saga continues. Any build where NODE_ENV isn't `production`
currently ships with every origin check compiled out:

```js
// respond.js
if (!DEV) {
	// cross-site remote request check
	// cross-site form submission check (csrf.checkOrigin / trustedOrigins)
}
```

`DEV` comes from esm-env, which kit bundles into apps resolved by
NODE_ENV, so `NODE_ENV=staging vite build` produces a deployable server
with CSRF protection silently disabled. Vite's docs list non-production
builds as a supported workflow, and khromov raised this exact failure
mode in #14335 when the gate was added. At the time `DEV` was assumed to
only mean `vite dev`, which the esm-env consolidation in #14308 no
longer guarantees (first leak #15632, fixed by #15852, second leak
#16008, fixed by #16023).

This applies the rule from the #15852 body ("reverting to the global
constant where we want the code to only run during `vite dev` ... Every
other place that uses DEV is meant to fire warnings ... and that should
still happen if the user did `NODE_ENV=development vite build`") to two
sites it missed:

- the `respond.js` gate, `!DEV` to `!__SVELTEKIT_DEV__`, covering both
the form CSRF check and the remote functions origin check that now
shares it
- the live-serving condition in `app/server/remote/prerender.js`, same
one-token swap (prerendered remote functions were served live in these
builds)

The three validation `DEV` sites in `respond.js` (`validateHeaders`,
`page_nodes.validate()`, `validate_server_exports`) are deliberately
untouched. They are warning sites and should keep following NODE_ENV per
the rule. The check internals are also untouched, so this stays out of
the way of the `sec-fetch-site` idea in #15992.

The new spec in `test/build-errors` builds a minimal fixture with
`NODE_ENV=staging`, imports the generated server, and asserts a normal
GET returns 200 while a forged cross-site form POST returns 403. It
fails on main (the POST returns 200) and passes with the fix. The
existing basics CSRF tests stay green in both modes, and dev behavior is
unchanged.

There are HMR-coupled `DEV` gates in `client.js` and the remote query
modules from the same class. Left for a follow-up, `client.js` currently
conflicts with #16307.

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Building with a non-standard NODE_ENV emits the dev bootstrap (import('/@vite/client'), CSS as module imports) since 2.63.1

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