vite: `require is not defined` when importing a node_module that imports a CSS file

Describe the bug

When importing a react component that imports a CSS file, vite fails with the message:

Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined

If you dig into the stack trace, you’ll see that the require statement is from an imported .css file (line 8 in this image):

This issue:

• Does not occur when running with create-react-app or storybook
• Occurs with any NPM dependency that imports a .css file. We discovered this issue with an internal component library, originally, but were able to reproduce it with react-date-picker, which also imports a .css file.

I expected this to work, as the documentation references being able to manage imported static assets like this: https://vitejs.dev/guide/features.html#css. But, perhaps there’s an issue when the CSS import occurs in a vendor/node_module.

Reproduction

https://github.com/blimmer/show-vite-issue

git clone https://github.com/blimmer/show-vite-issue.git
cd show-vite-issue
npm ci
npm run dev

You’ll observe the error in the console when you visit localhost:3000:

System Info

Output of npx envinfo --system --npmPackages vite,@vitejs/plugin-vue --binaries --browsers:

  System:
    OS: macOS 11.3.1
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 32.71 MB / 32.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.1.0 - ~/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.1.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.11.2 - ~/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.1.0/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Browsers:
    Firefox: 89.0
  npmPackages:
    vite: ^2.3.0 => 2.3.2

Used package manager: npm

Logs

 vite build --debug
  vite:config bundled config file loaded in 84ms +0ms
  vite:config using resolved config: {
  vite:config   plugins: [
  vite:config     'alias',
  vite:config     'react-refresh',
  vite:config     'vite:dynamic-import-polyfill',
  vite:config     'vite:resolve',
  vite:config     'vite:html',
  vite:config     'vite:css',
  vite:config     'vite:esbuild',
  vite:config     'vite:json',
  vite:config     'vite:wasm',
  vite:config     'vite:worker',
  vite:config     'vite:asset',
  vite:config     'vite:define',
  vite:config     'vite:css-post',
  vite:config     'vite:build-html',
  vite:config     'commonjs',
  vite:config     'vite:data-uri',
  vite:config     'rollup-plugin-dynamic-import-variables',
  vite:config     'vite:import-analysis',
  vite:config     'vite:esbuild-transpile',
  vite:config     'vite:terser',
  vite:config     'vite:reporter'
  vite:config   ],
  vite:config   build: {
  vite:config     target: [ 'es2019', 'edge88', 'firefox78', 'chrome87', 'safari13.1' ],
  vite:config     outDir: 'dist',
  vite:config     assetsDir: 'assets',
  vite:config     assetsInlineLimit: 4096,
  vite:config     cssCodeSplit: true,
  vite:config     sourcemap: false,
  vite:config     rollupOptions: {},
  vite:config     commonjsOptions: { include: [Array], extensions: [Array] },
  vite:config     minify: 'terser',
  vite:config     terserOptions: {},
  vite:config     cleanCssOptions: {},
  vite:config     write: true,
  vite:config     emptyOutDir: null,
  vite:config     manifest: false,
  vite:config     lib: false,
  vite:config     ssr: false,
  vite:config     ssrManifest: false,
  vite:config     brotliSize: true,
  vite:config     chunkSizeWarningLimit: 500,
  vite:config     watch: null
  vite:config   },
  vite:config   configFile: '/private/tmp/show-vite-issue/vite.config.ts',
  vite:config   configFileDependencies: [ 'vite.config.ts' ],
  vite:config   inlineConfig: {
  vite:config     root: undefined,
  vite:config     base: undefined,
  vite:config     mode: undefined,
  vite:config     configFile: undefined,
  vite:config     logLevel: undefined,
  vite:config     clearScreen: undefined,
  vite:config     build: {}
  vite:config   },
  vite:config   root: '/private/tmp/show-vite-issue',
  vite:config   base: '/',
  vite:config   resolve: { dedupe: undefined, alias: [ [Object] ] },
  vite:config   publicDir: '/private/tmp/show-vite-issue/public',
  vite:config   cacheDir: '/private/tmp/show-vite-issue/node_modules/.vite',
  vite:config   command: 'build',
  vite:config   mode: 'production',
  vite:config   isProduction: true,
  vite:config   server: { fsServe: { root: '/private/tmp/show-vite-issue', strict: false } },
  vite:config   env: { BASE_URL: '/', MODE: 'production', DEV: false, PROD: true },
  vite:config   assetsInclude: [Function: assetsInclude],
  vite:config   logger: {
  vite:config     hasWarned: false,
  vite:config     info: [Function: info],
  vite:config     warn: [Function: warn],
  vite:config     warnOnce: [Function: warnOnce],
  vite:config     error: [Function: error],
  vite:config     clearScreen: [Function: clearScreen]
  vite:config   },
  vite:config   createResolver: [Function: createResolver],
  vite:config   optimizeDeps: { esbuildOptions: { keepNames: undefined } }
  vite:config } +5ms
vite v2.3.2 building for production...
✓ 121 modules transformed.
dist/assets/favicon.17e50649.svg   1.49kb
dist/assets/logo.ecc203fb.svg      2.61kb
dist/index.html                    0.57kb
dist/assets/index.0673ce28.css     0.76kb / brotli: 0.40kb
dist/assets/index.2146aa06.js      0.94kb / brotli: 0.38kb
dist/assets/vendor.d4d14e00.css    4.08kb / brotli: 0.91kb
dist/assets/vendor.771a2d12.js     228.14kb / brotli: 53.29kb

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