Vite restarting server

Question

I can't create .ENV file and run vite project i got infinite loop

here is my vite.config.js

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
import dotenv from 'dotenv'

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  define:{
    'process.env.VITE_KEY':JSON.stringify(process.env.VITE_KEY)
  }
})

1:52:04 PM [vite] .env changed, restarting server...
X [ERROR] The build was canceled

but if i delete .ENV file i can run my project

I try to create new project but it not work

Answer 1

I reckon that the reason your server was restarting was due to a crash, because process.env.VITE_KEY was undefined and, I guess, vite doesn't accept undefined values:

define:{
  'process.env.VITE_KEY':undefined
}

By doing import dotenv from 'dotenv', you're not actually injecting the values from your .env file (docs here).

What you need to do is:

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
import 'dotenv/config'
// or you can do this:
// import { config } from 'dotenv'
// config({ path: '.env' })

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  define:{
    'process.env.VITE_KEY':JSON.stringify(process.env.VITE_KEY)
  }
})