using suffix in imports fails in development. works with production build

[fernandojbf]

Describe the bug

Import suffixes such as ?url and ?worker&url are not correctly applied during development builds when importing from node_modules. This causes builds to fail in dev mode, while production builds work as expected.

Reproduction

https://github.com/fernandojbf/vite-suffix-bug

Steps to reproduce

Vite Project

1. Navigate to the vite-example folder:

   cd vite-example

2. Install dependencies and run the project in development mode:

   yarn
   git checkout origin/main node_modules/suffix-node-modules/
   yarn dev

3. Build will fail.

4. Build for production and run:

   yarn build
   yarn preview

   Check logs.

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React Router Project

1. Navigate to the react-router-example folder:

   cd react-router-example

2. Install dependencies and run in development mode:

   yarn
   git checkout origin/main node_modules/suffix-node-modules/
   yarn dev

3. Build will fail.

4. Build for production and run:

   yarn build
   yarn start

   Check logs.

---

System Info

System:
    OS: macOS 14.7.2
    CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M2 Pro
    Memory: 88.84 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.13.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.1/bin/node
    Yarn: 4.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.1.0/bin/yarn
    npm: 10.9.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.1/bin/npm
    bun: 1.0.3 - ~/.bun/bin/bun
    Watchman: 2024.11.11.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 132.0.6834.160
    Chrome Canary: 134.0.6990.0
    Safari: 18.1.1

Used Package Manager

yarn

Logs

✘ [ERROR] No matching export in "node_modules/suffix-node-modules/js.js?url" for import "default"

node_modules/suffix-node-modules/index.js:2:7:
  2 │ import jsFile from './js.js?url';
    ╵        ~~~~~~

✘ [ERROR] No matching export in "node_modules/suffix-node-modules/js.js?worker&url" for import "default"

node_modules/suffix-node-modules/index.js:3:7:
  3 │ import workerFile from './js.js?worker&url';
    ╵        ~~~~~~~~~~

vite-suffix-bug/vite-example/node_modules/esbuild/lib/main.js:1476
let error = new Error(text);

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