Fixing vite 'manifest not found' with Laravel Envoyer.

If you’re using Vite for bundling (the default for Laravel) then you might encounter a Vite manifest not found error when deploying your application.

You can solve this by adding a build step to your Envoyer deployment hooks:

cd {{ release }}

npm install
npm run build

This needs to be a new hook just after Install Composer Dependencies and just before Activate New Release.

Example: envoyer example

You can apply this solution for other deployment services too.

Not working?

Ensure your package.json has the following scripts:

"scripts": {
    "dev": "vite",
    "build": "vite build"
}

Ensure your package.json has the following dev dependencies:

"devDependencies": {
  "laravel-vite-plugin": "^1.0.0",
  "vite": "^5.0.0"
}