A comment inside a dynamic import() with a template literal prevents Vite 8's dynamicImportVarsPlugin from transforming it into a static glob map.

// BROKEN — import is left untransformed, matching files are not bundled
const strings = await import(/* strings */ `./translations/${locale}/strings.json`);

// WORKS — transformed into a static Object.assign map with all matching files
const strings = await import(`./translations/${locale}/strings.json`);

These comments are harmless in Vite 7 (Rollup and Rolldown) but break dynamic import resolution in Vite 8 (Rolldown).

Both forms should produce identical output.

npm install
npm run build

Inspect dist/assets/index-*.js:

• With comment: the import() passes through untransformed — no translation chunks are emitted.
• Without comment: dynamicImportVarsPlugin produces the expected static map and separate chunks for each translation file.