The earlier "render the shell with a custom script" was a hack. The real issues were a
version matrix and a missing server target:
- TanStack Start's start-plugin-core peer-requires Vite >= 7; on Vite 6 the build's
prerender/post-build buildApp plugin hook silently doesn't run (Vite 6 lets a
config-level builder.buildApp suppress plugin buildApp hooks; Vite 7 runs both). Pinned
Vite ^7 + @vitejs/plugin-react ^5 (v5 ↔ Vite 7; v6 needs Vite 8 / vite/internal).
- Added @tanstack/nitro-v2-vite-plugin with the `bun` preset — the server/deploy target.
`bun run build` → .output/ (bun-runnable server + .output/public). `bun run start` =
`bun run .output/server/index.mjs`.
- Full SSR instead of SPA mode: SPA-shell prerender points its preview server at the old
dist/server/server.js path that Nitro relocates, breaking the build. The Nitro server
renders the shell per request; React Query fetches client-side after hydration.
- Nitro routeRules proxy /api/** → PUNKTFUNK_MGMT_URL (default 127.0.0.1:47990), so the
browser stays same-origin (bearer token rides along, no CORS).
Toolchain is now Bun (package manager + runtime): bun.lock replaces pnpm-lock.yaml;
scripts/prepare/start use bun. Validated live: bun build → .output, bun server SSR-renders
the console on :3000 and proxies the API (health/host return through it). tsc clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
