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The docs say Nitro picks up path aliases from tsconfig.json, but compilerOptions.paths did not work with most builders:

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  • New nitro:tsconfig-paths resolve plugin. It reads paths from typescript.tsConfig with get-tsconfig's createPathsMatcher, and is used by rollup, rolldown, the Nitro environment of the Vite builder, and builder: false.
    • Only imports matching a paths pattern are handled. Imports from node_modules are skipped, and the alias option (and Vite's resolve.alias) takes precedence.
    • It runs before the builtin resolvers (order: "pre"), and Vite dev does not externalize packages mapped by paths to an existing file (packages mapped to types stay external). So a paths key that is also a package name resolves to its target in every mode, like with TypeScript.
    • paths that get-tsconfig rejects (e.g. non-relative targets without baseUrl) are ignored with a warning instead of failing the build.
    • Targets that are declaration files (.d.ts, .d.mts, .d.cts) fall back to the regular resolution. Frameworks generate these, e.g. Nuxt maps h3/rules and nitro/* to .d.mts files.
  • New typescript.tsconfigPaths option (default: true) to turn this off.
  • Nitro no longer injects compilerOptions.baseUrl into the loaded tsconfig. It was left over from experimental.tsconfigPaths (refactor: remove experimental.tsconfigPaths #4112) and made paths inherited through extends resolve from the project root instead of the config that declares them.
  • Vite's global resolve.tsconfigPaths is not changed. It applies to every environment, and turning it on broke a Nuxt build: h3/rules resolved to its .d.mts. Docs now say to enable it for the client and other environments.
  • Docs and the import-alias example are updated; the example no longer needs resolve.tsconfigPaths.

Behavior change

With rollup and rolldown, paths that map package names to sources are now used, so those sources get bundled. Before, these paths were ignored.

Nuxt

Checked against nuxt/nuxt main (build, dev, and a server route importing h3/rules):

  • Nuxt passes typescript.tsConfig: {}, so the plugin is not created.
  • Every import resolves to the same file as on main.

Tests

test/vite/tsconfig-paths.test.ts covers wildcard, exact, inherited (extends), fallback-target, package-name, declaration-file and @types paths (CommonJS packages), alias and Vite resolve.alias precedence, invalid paths and tsconfigPaths: false, for:

  • rolldown, rollup and vite builds (Vite 8 and Vite 7)
  • vite dev (Vite 8 and Vite 7)
  • builder: false

Before the fix, these failed for every mode except the vite build.

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Adds the `typescript.tsconfigPaths` option (default: `true`).
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Nitro now resolves TypeScript compilerOptions.paths aliases for server sources by default. The change adds configurable resolution for bundled and unbundled builds, adds coverage across builders and development modes, and updates related documentation and examples.

Changes: TypeScript path resolution

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Configuration and tsconfig behavior
src/types/config.ts, src/config/defaults.ts, src/config/resolvers/tsconfig.ts, docs/1.docs/63.typescript.md, docs/3.config/0.index.md
Adds the typescript.tsconfigPaths option and enables it by default. Removes the implicit baseUrl fallback. Documents path resolution behavior and configuration.
Path resolver and build integration
src/build/plugins/tsconfig-paths.ts, src/build/plugins.ts, src/build/unbundled/plugins.ts, src/build/vite/env.ts
Adds TypeScript path resolution, filters unsupported imports and declaration targets, tries matching candidates in order, registers the resolver with bundled and unbundled builds, and updates Vite development externalization.
Coverage and example updates
test/vite/tsconfig-paths-fixture/*, test/vite/tsconfig-paths.test.ts, test/examples.test.ts, tsconfig.json, docs/4.examples/import-alias.md, examples/import-alias/*
Adds coverage for Rolldown, Rollup, Vite, Vite development mode, and unbundled mode. Tests disabled resolution and invalid paths without baseUrl. Updates the import-alias example and removes its non-Rolldown test exclusion.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fc081

The change is mergeable with awareness of two edge cases: certain wildcard aliases can behave differently in Vite development, and mapped implementation files with .d. in their names may not resolve.

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Comment thread test/vite/tsconfig-paths.test.ts
- Ignore `paths` get-tsconfig rejects (e.g. non-relative targets without `baseUrl`) with a warning
- Resolve `paths` before builtin resolvers (`order: "pre"`) and keep mapped packages
  out of Vite dev externals, so packages resolve to their `paths` target in every mode
- Skip absolute, virtual and `scheme:` ids, re-check the filter in the handler
- Test the alias precedence, fallback targets, packages and Vite 7 builds

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- Line 75: Update the filter in the pathsKeys(nitro) handling so suffix-specific
wildcard patterns such as "*defu" remain eligible for noExternal, while only
overly broad wildcard patterns are excluded. Preserve the existing behavior for
non-wildcard mappings and ensure Vite can resolve installed packages for
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- Line 88: Update the DTS_RE declaration-file pattern to match only .d.ts,
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- Only keep exact `paths` keys out of Vite dev externals when a target exists, so
  packages mapped to types (`.d.ts`, `@types`) are not inlined (CommonJS crash)
- Skip ids matching Vite `resolve.alias`, which applies after `pre` hooks
- Share the matcher between the plugin and Vite dev externals (invalid `paths` warn once)
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