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Resolves #4930.

Packages built with emscripten or wasm-bindgen (e.g. @electric-sql/pglite) locate their runtime files with new URL("./file", import.meta.url). Once bundled, these URLs point next to the output chunk, where the files don't exist (ENOENT). This PR emits the referenced files as assets (.output/server/assets/[name]-[hash][ext]) and rewrites the URLs to them:

new URL("./pglite.wasm", import.meta.url)
// becomes
new URL("../assets/pglite-CKQGo6A1.wasm", import.meta.url)

How it works

New nitro:asset-urls build plugin (src/build/plugins/asset-urls.ts):

• The transform hook has a native filter (JS module ids, and code containing new URL( followed by import.meta.url), so modules without a reference never call into JS. Matching modules are parsed with oxc, so text inside strings and comments isn't rewritten.
• Each file is read and emitted once per build (pglite references its 10 MB wasm three times), and changes to it trigger a rebuild in dev.
• A resolveFileUrl hook (order: "pre") renders the reference as a relative path, keeping import.meta.url as the base. It runs before Vite's hook, which would render an absolute /assets/... URL.
• Left unchanged: JS/TS files (an asset copy wouldn't bundle them), URLs with a scheme, absolute paths, URLs with a query or hash, and files that don't exist at build time.

It's enabled for presets with filesystem access (node: true); worker presets (cloudflare-*, netlify-edge, ...) are excluded.

Builders

• rolldown and rollup: production and dev (both bundle in dev, so bundled sources had the same problem there).
• vite: production build of the Nitro environment. It sets build.emitAssets on the Nitro environment, since Vite drops the assets of server environments by default. Dependencies of service environments (e.g. ssr) are covered, because Nitro bundles them. Files referenced by a service's own source are not copied: @hiogawa/vite-plugin-fullstack copies service assets into the public dir, so that could expose server files. Vite dev needs no change, because the module runner loads modules from their original location.
  • The plugin's generateBundle hook (order: "post") then removes the other assets (e.g. CSS imported by server code), with the same exceptions as Vite (sourcemaps, ssr-manifest.json). The server output only gets the referenced files, as before.

Rolldown's native experimental.resolveNewUrlToAsset isn't used yet: with Nitro's plugins it crashes on .wasm references (unwasm's load hook), and it has a few other issues. These are tracked in #4931.

Tests

• Fixture route test/fixture/server/routes/asset-url.ts (+ _asset-url-paren.ts) and a test in test/tests.ts, for all builders and non-worker presets. It fails without this change (ENOENT) and covers trailing commas, template literals, a ) before import.meta.url, and text inside strings not being rewritten.
• test/vite/asset-url.test.ts: Vite dev and production build, including a dependency of a service environment that uses the emscripten pattern, and a CSS import that must not be written to the server output. Passes with Vite 8 and Vite 7.
• Checked by hand: @electric-sql/pglite@0.5.11 with hstore, built with rolldown and with rollup. pglite.wasm, initdb.wasm, pglite.data and hstore.tar.gz are emitted once each, and the output runs from a copy without node_modules.

Docs: new "Files Referenced by URL" section in docs/1.docs/50.assets.md.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds a plugin that emits eligible files referenced by new URL(..., import.meta.url) as server assets and rewrites their URLs. It enables the plugin in Node builds and configures Vite server environments to emit assets. Tests and documentation cover the behavior and its supported cases.

Changes: Server asset URL handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Recognize and emit referenced assets src/build/plugins/asset-urls.ts	The plugin parses supported URL expressions, emits and watches eligible existing files, reuses emitted assets, and rewrites references. Unsupported or missing files remain unchanged.
Enable asset handling in server builds src/build/rolldown/config.ts, src/build/rollup/config.ts, src/build/vite/bundler.ts, src/build/vite/env.ts	Rollup and Rolldown add the plugin for Node builds. Vite adds it for non-development Node builds and enables asset emission for Node environments.
Validate and document asset handling test/fixture/server/routes/asset-url.ts, test/fixture/server/routes/_asset-url-paren.ts, test/tests.ts, test/presets/vercel.test.ts, test/vite/asset-url-fixture/*, test/vite/asset-url.test.ts, docs/1.docs/50.assets.md	Fixtures and tests cover server and Vite asset URL behavior, including development URLs, built assets, and Vercel route output. The documentation describes supported references and exclusions.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• nitrojs/nitro#4931 — The PR implements asset URL handling through a Nitro plugin and does not use Rolldown’s native implementation.

Merge Risk: Low · previous review fa725

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Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title follows Conventional Commits syntax with the feat type and clearly describes the main change: emitting files referenced by new URL(..., import.meta.url).
Linked Issues check		Issue #4930 requires server asset emission and URL rewriting for filesystem-capable presets, with worker-style presets excluded. The PR adds nitro:asset-urls with AST-based matching, local-file chec…
Out of Scope Changes check		The plugin, builder integration, Vite asset emission, fixtures, tests, and documentation implement or verify issue #4930. The Vite and Rollup changes are in scope because the issue explicitly includes…
Description check		The PR description is specific and on-topic. It names the problem (emscripten/wasm-bindgen packages such as @electric-sql/pglite using new URL("./file", import.meta.url) fail with ENOENT after bundl…

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Issue #4930 requires server asset emission and URL rewriting for filesystem-capable presets, with worker-style presets excluded. The PR adds nitro:asset-urls with AST-based matching, local-file checks, deduplicated emission, watch support, and relative import.meta.url rewriting. Rolldown and Rollup enable it for Node builds. Vite enables it for production Node builds and sets emitAssets. Tests cover builder output, Vite development and production behavior, and worker exclusion. The implementation also covers the issue's required skip cases.

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The plugin, builder integration, Vite asset emission, fixtures, tests, and documentation implement or verify issue #4930. The Vite and Rollup changes are in scope because the issue explicitly includes those builders. Worker exclusion and unchanged JavaScript or TypeScript asset references follow the issue requirements and stated scope. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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The PR description is specific and on-topic. It names the problem (emscripten/wasm-bindgen packages such as @electric-sql/pglite using new URL("./file", import.meta.url) fail with ENOENT after bundling), explains the new nitro:asset-urls plugin and how it rewrites references, lists the builders covered (rolldown, rollup, vite), and describes tests and docs. This matches the changeset: the asset-url plugin, build config wiring, Vite env changes, fixtures, tests, and docs.

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