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Follow-up to #8889, which regressed Rsbuild dev with React Server Components.

Problem

#8889 moved the Rsbuild dev start manifest from a build-process globalThis into the server's manifest virtual module (so workerd can read it). Without RSC, the server compiler waits for the client (setDependencies), so the write lands before the server compilation starts. With RSC there is no such ordering: the client and server compile concurrently, the manifest is written while the server compilation is already running, and nothing rebuilds the module. Dev SSR then serves the fallback manifest, with no CSS links and no route preloads.

On main, /rsc-global-css in e2e/react-start/rsc (Rsbuild dev) serializes only the __root__ entry script. Before #8889 it included css: ["/assets/css/index.css"] and the route preloads.

Fix

The RSC build already has a finishMake (stage 10) hook, TanStackStartRscManifestRebuild, that rebuilds the manifest module inside the server compilation once the client build is available. It now runs in dev too. In dev it rebuilds only when the manifest was written since this compiler last rebuilt it, the same guard the server function resolver uses, so unchanged manifests don't trigger chunk-graph rebuilds. Build behavior is unchanged.

Tests

Added an Rsbuild dev mode to the existing rsc e2e app: MODE=dev starts rsbuild dev, with the script test:e2e:dev:rsbuild.

Rsbuild dev, RSC CSS + no-JS specs (40 tests) Result
before #8889 (7dbce0807d) 39 passed, 1 failed
main 30 passed, 10 failed (9 regressions)
this PR 39 passed, 1 failed (same pre-existing one)

The one failure on the baseline is a test assertion, not a product bug. CSS module classes are scoped for all widgets matched only Vite/Rspack production class names, while Rsbuild dev names them src-utils-ClientWidgetA-module__widget-qxURkf. I widened the regex. The script also sets E2E_TOOLCHAIN=rsbuild so rsc-build-boundary skips, as it already does for Rsbuild. Full rsc suite on Rsbuild dev: 258 passed, 1 skipped.

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The new dev script isn't part of the inferred Nx test:e2e target (the Playwright plugin has no dev mode), so it doesn't run in CI yet.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Restored stylesheet links in server-rendered pages when using React Server Components with Rsbuild in development.
    • Updated the server manifest after the client build becomes available, helping development pages reflect the latest build.

…e client build

#8889 moved the Rsbuild dev manifest from a build-process global into the
server's manifest module. With React Server Components the client and server
compile concurrently, so the manifest is written while the server
compilation is already running, and dev SSR kept the fallback manifest
without CSS.

Run the existing RSC finishMake manifest rebuild in dev too. In dev it only
rebuilds when the manifest was written since this compiler last rebuilt it.

Add an Rsbuild dev mode to the rsc e2e app (test:e2e:dev:rsbuild). On main,
nine CSS tests fail in it; with this change the full suite passes. Also
accept Rsbuild dev's CSS module class names in the scoped-class assertion.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🚀 Changeset Version Preview

1 package(s) bumped directly, 4 bumped as dependents.

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@tanstack/start-plugin-core 1.171.56 → 1.171.57 Changeset
@tanstack/react-start 1.169.5 → 1.169.6 Dependent
@tanstack/react-start-rsc 0.1.66 → 0.1.67 Dependent
@tanstack/solid-start 1.169.5 → 1.169.6 Dependent
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Walkthrough

The RSC manifest rebuild plugin now runs in development and uses manifest write counts to avoid rebuilding server modules when the manifest has not changed. The RSC E2E setup adds a command for running Playwright tests with the Rsbuild development server.

Changes: Rsbuild RSC manifest rebuild

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track manifest writes and rebuild server modules
packages/start-plugin-core/src/rsbuild/virtual-modules.ts, packages/start-plugin-core/src/rsbuild/plugin.ts, .changeset/rsbuild-rsc-dev-manifest.md
Virtual module state counts changed development manifest writes. When a client build is available, the RSC manifest rebuild plugin updates the manifest and rebuilds modules containing its path. In development, it skips rebuilding when the write count has not changed.
Run RSC E2E checks in Rsbuild development mode
e2e/react-start/rsc/package.json, e2e/react-start/rsc/playwright.config.ts, e2e/react-start/rsc/tests/rsc-css-preload-complex.spec.ts
A new command runs Chromium Playwright tests with MODE=dev and E2E_TOOLCHAIN=rsbuild. The web server starts with pnpm dev:rsbuild --port 0 in that mode. CSS-module checks accept the documented Rsbuild development class-name pattern.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ClientBuild
  participant VirtualModuleState
  participant RSCManifestRebuildPlugin
  participant ServerModules
  ClientBuild->>VirtualModuleState: Write changed manifest content
  VirtualModuleState-->>RSCManifestRebuildPlugin: Provide development write count
  RSCManifestRebuildPlugin->>RSCManifestRebuildPlugin: Compare count with previous rebuild
  RSCManifestRebuildPlugin->>ServerModules: Rebuild modules containing manifest path
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Possibly related PRs

  • TanStack/router#8889: This PR adds manifest write-count tracking for the changed-content writes introduced by that PR, then uses the count to decide whether to rebuild.

Suggested labels: package: start-plugin-core

Suggested reviewers: sheraff

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to eca1b

This restores CSS links in Rsbuild dev SSR for RSC. The change is small and guarded, and the build path is unchanged. No merge-blocking risk is identified.

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The title names the fix (restoring CSS in Rsbuild RSC dev SSR) and the package (start-plugin-core). The changeset, the rsbuild plugin manifest rebuild change, and the dev manifest write counter all address that regression. It does not mention the e2e test additions, but the title does not need to cover every detail. Conventional commit format is followed.

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main c156097: #8858, #8863, #8805, #8269, #8866, #8867, #8868, #8869,
#8870, #8871, #8876, #8888, #8889, #8890, #8892, Version Packages
(#8854, #8891) and docs.

- #8817's side and deletions throughout (Babel compilers, start-compiler,
  add-hmr, start-app.ts, server-fn-id-check.ts, router-utils ast.ts).
  The lines main changed for #8863, #8866, #8868, #8269 and #8889/#8892
  stay #8817's here: their fixes follow as separate commits after the
  tests that reproduce them.
- @rsbuild/core 2.3.1 (#8890) in the catalog, the examples and
  benchmarks/compiler-perf; Start's peers keep #8817's ^2.2.13 floor.
  Lockfile and e2e/react-start/basic's route tree regenerated.
- Tests: main's start-vite-root, start-rsbuild-root, rsbuild
  server-compress and router-plugin production-warnings tests are
  replaced by their ports in the harness (start-build-roots,
  dev-server-config, production-bundle); main's start-dev-restart test
  is ported to the dev-server harness and replaces resolve-entries.test.ts
  (internals). #8817's Rsbuild SPA dev case gives way to main's
  spa-shell e2e. The route HMR `hot` binding test gains main's unsplit
  case (#8870).
- KNOWN-BUGS: main fixed decorators after `export` (#8867) and the
  Rsbuild sibling-route manifest (#8780, #8876).
- Changesets: drop what main ships now (custom server-fn ids, the Rsbuild
  manifest and SPA/compress items, exsolve, Vue store pre-bundling,
  falsy `use` entries, `.ts` route HMR).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Sheraff added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 8, 2026
…e client build is in

With the dev manifest written into the server's module, RSC dev kept the
fallback manifest: the client and server compile concurrently, so the
write lands while the server compilation is already running (main's rsc
`test:e2e:dev:rsbuild`: 9 CSS tests failed). Run the RSC finishMake
manifest rebuild in dev too, only when the manifest was written since
this compiler last rebuilt it, as main does (#8892).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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