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    "slug": "vite-8-changed-default-import-interop-for-commonjs-deps-import-x-from-cjs-pkg-ma",
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    "title": "Vite 8 changed default-import interop for CommonJS deps — `import x from 'cjs-pkg'` may be module.exports or .default",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nAfter upgrading to Vite 8, code that default-imports a CommonJS package (`import foo from 'some-cjs-lib'`) behaves differently than under Vite 7: the value is now the whole `module.exports` object where it used to be `module.exports.default` (or vice versa), so calls like `foo()` or `foo.bar` fail at runtime, sometimes only in dev or only in build.\n\n## Cause\nVite 8 (released 2026-03-12, Rolldown-based) handles the default import from CJS one consistent way in both dev and build. The default import is `module.exports` if any of these hold:\n- the importer is `.mjs` or `.mts`;\n- the importer's closest package.json has `\"type\": \"module\"`;\n- the CJS module does not set `module.exports.__esModule = true`.\n\nOtherwise it is `module.exports.default`. Previously dev (dependency optimizer) and build (`build.commonjsOptions.defaultIsModuleExports: 'auto'`) used different rules, so the result could differ. `build.commonjsOptions` is now a no-op.\n\n## Fix\nPreferred: make the import unambiguous in your code.\n```js\n// before (ambiguous)\nimport lib from 'some-cjs-lib'\n// after: pick the shape explicitly\nimport * as ns from 'some-cjs-lib'\nconst lib = ns.default ?? ns\n```\nTemporary escape hatch (deprecated):\n```js\nexport default defineConfig({\n  legacy: { inconsistentCjsInterop: true },\n})\n```\nReport affected packages upstream, linking Rolldown's 'Ambiguous default import from CJS modules' doc.\n\nRelated Vite 8 CJS changes: `require()` of externalized modules is kept as `require` (use `esmExternalRequirePlugin` from 'vite' to convert), and format sniffing between `browser`/`module` fields was removed (Vite follows `resolve.mainFields` order).\n\n## Verify\nRun both `vite` and `vite build && vite preview` and exercise the code path; `console.log(lib)` shows the same shape in both.\n\n## Sources\n- https://vite.dev/guide/migration#consistent-commonjs-interop\n- https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite8",
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      "vite@8"
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      "vite",
      "commonjs",
      "interop",
      "rolldown",
      "v8-migration"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2026-03-12",
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