Vite build stuck on ‘modules transform’

While building a svelte application with vite, the build process gets stuck on ‘modules transform’. No error is reported on the building logs.

I’ve tried several things, including but not limited to:

  • removing and reinstalling node modules
  • removing unused libs from package.json
  • disabling the minification process.
  • using a plugin to let vite accept top level awaits
  • building using a different js runtime (bun)
  • building in another machine

npm run dev works perfectly fine, so i don’t think it is a problem related to the application itself.