vite-browser v0.3.6

v0.3.6 is the stabilization follow-up to the Enhanced React Support milestone. It keeps the v0.3.5 React surface, then hardens browser startup, framework detection, and release validation so the shipped commands behave consistently in real environments.

What changed

React inspection stability fixes

v0.3.6 keeps the bundled React hook, Zustand inspection, hook diagnostics, and commit tracing introduced in v0.3.5, but fixes the runtime mismatches that made those features fragile before release hardening:

• bundled hook now tracks committed fiber roots correctly
• renderer selection no longer assumes a hard-coded renderer id
• react tree recovers automatically when the hook is missing or the renderer has not attached yet
• framework detection no longer misclassifies non-React pages just because the bundled hook is present

Browser launch and local validation hardening

Release validation is now more reliable across local environments:

• browser startup can reuse a system Chrome/Chromium executable when Playwright-managed browsers are unavailable
• VITE_BROWSER_HEADLESS=1 is supported for automated validation flows
• Unix socket and temporary-path handling are more resilient in restricted environments

Cross-platform E2E release gate repair

The repository E2E gate no longer depends on a machine-specific Windows setup or an out-of-repo demo:

• the E2E suite now uses the in-repo Vue fixture
• dev-server launch logic is cross-platform
• runtime checks use fixture-aligned assertions
• release smoke validation now runs cleanly as part of the repository gate

Vue / Pinia detection recovery

Vue runtime detection and store/render tracing now recover even when Vue devtools globals are absent:

• mounted Vue app markers are used as a fallback signal
• Pinia subscriptions can attach from the mounted app instance
• vite runtime performs a lightweight framework re-check when the session framework is still unknown

Commands available in this release

vite-browser react tree
vite-browser react store list
vite-browser react store inspect <name>
vite-browser react hook health
vite-browser react hook inject
vite-browser react commits --limit 20
vite-browser react commits clear

Validation

Verified with:

• pnpm typecheck
• pnpm test (191 / 191 pass)
• pnpm build
• pnpm docs:build
• pnpm test:evals:e2e (3 / 3 pass)
• npm pack --dry-run

Upgrade

npm install @presto1314w/vite-devtools-browser@0.3.6

No new configuration is required. If Playwright browsers are not installed locally, vite-browser can now fall back to a system Chrome/Chromium executable for validation and browser control.