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title: Vite Build Manifest
description: "`vite build` and `vite dev` fetch the manifest when they start.
  `vite preview` serves the last build without fetching. The plugin writes no
  file into your app, so there is nothing to keep out of Git. `c15t/generated`
  ships its own types, so `tsc`, `vue-tsc` and `svelte-check` pass on a fresh
  checkout without a build first."
lastModified: "2026-10-10T14:59:21+01:00"
lastAuthor: Kaylee
---
`vite build` and `vite dev` fetch the manifest when they start. `vite preview`
serves the last build without fetching. The plugin writes no file into your
app, so there is nothing to keep out of Git. `c15t/generated` ships its own
types, so `tsc`, `vue-tsc` and `svelte-check` pass on a fresh checkout without
a build first.

The plugin can't see the options your app passes to `manifest()`. When the
app passes `source: 'runtime'` or `manifestURL`, set
`consentManifest({ source: 'runtime' })` too. The build then downloads no
manifest, so it doesn't fail when the backend's `/manifest` is down.