HMR not working, server going through a full reload every time a file changes

[pthieu]

In my index.ts I have a migration that runs, which will print some status strings.

I noticed that every time I change a file (say a controller.ts file) which has logic for an API, these migration strings will print, which leads me to believe the whole app is getting a full reload.

I read in the docs/issues that Vite will build a graph of modules and only hot-reload the ones that actually changed but this doesn't seem to be the case for me.

I do have my vite.config.ts set to use tsCompiler: 'esbuild', and I have an esbuild.mjs file that will bundle and minify my app so I'm wondering if it just replaces the entire file because there's only one file.