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Vite 8: `esbuild` and `build.rollupOptions` are deprecated — use `oxc` and `build.rolldownOptions`

vite@8#vite#rolldown#oxc#esbuild#v8-migration
Fix

Before (Vite 7):

export default defineConfig({
  esbuild: { jsx: 'automatic', jsxImportSource: 'preact' },
  optimizeDeps: { esbuildOptions: { define: { global: 'globalThis' } } },
  build: { rollupOptions: { input: { main: 'index.html', admin: 'admin.html' } } },
})

After (Vite 8):

export default defineConfig({
  oxc: { jsx: { runtime: 'automatic', importSource: 'preact' } },
  optimizeDeps: { rolldownOptions: { transform: { define: { global: 'globalThis' } } } },
  build: { rolldownOptions: { input: { main: 'index.html', admin: 'admin.html' } } },
})

Native decorators are not lowered by Oxc yet; use @rolldown/plugin-babel with @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators (or SWC). To inspect what the compat layer produced, log config.oxc / config.optimizeDeps.rolldownOptions in a plugin's configResolved hook.

Symptom

An agent configures a Vite 8 project with esbuild: { jsx..., define... }, optimizeDeps.esbuildOptions, or build.rollupOptions, as documented for Vite 2–7. It still mostly works through a compatibility layer, but these are deprecated, some esbuild options (esbuild.supported, banner/footer, property mangling) have no effect, and esbuild is no longer installed by default.

Cause

Vite 8 (released 2026-03-12) replaced the esbuild + Rollup pair with Rolldown (bundling) and Oxc (transform + minify). Vite auto-converts old options but marks them deprecated for removal:

  • build.rollupOptions → build.rolldownOptions; worker.rollupOptions → worker.rolldownOptions
  • esbuild → oxc (e.g. esbuild.jsxInject → oxc.jsxInject, esbuild.jsx: 'automatic' → oxc.jsx: { runtime: 'automatic' }, esbuild.jsxImportSource → oxc.jsx.importSource, esbuild.jsxFactory → oxc.jsx.pragma, esbuild.define → oxc.define)
  • optimizeDeps.esbuildOptions → optimizeDeps.rolldownOptions (define → transform.define, loader → moduleTypes, conditions → resolve.conditionNames)
  • transformWithEsbuild → transformWithOxc
  • JS minify is now Oxc; build.minify: 'esbuild' is deprecated and requires installing esbuild yourself.
  • build.commonjsOptions is now a no-op.

Verify

vite build runs without deprecation warnings for these options, and the output matches the previous build.

Sources

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