fix: use NODE_ENV in optimizer

packages/playground/optimize-deps/.env

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+NODE_ENV=production

packages/playground/optimize-deps/__tests__/optimize-deps.spec.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ test('import * from optimized dep', async () => {
   expect(await page.textContent('.import-star')).toMatch(`[success]`)
 })
 
+test('import from dep with process.env.NODE_ENV', async () => {
+  expect(await page.textContent('.node-env')).toMatch(`prod`)
+})
+
 test('import from dep with .notjs files', async () => {
   expect(await page.textContent('.not-js')).toMatch(`[success]`)
 })

packages/playground/optimize-deps/dep-node-env/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const env = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'prod' : 'dev'

packages/playground/optimize-deps/dep-node-env/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "dep-node-env",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}

packages/playground/optimize-deps/index.html

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ <h2>Optimizing force included dep even when it's linked</h2>
 <h2>import * as ...</h2>
 <div class="import-star"></div>
 
+<h2>Import from dependency with process.env.NODE_ENV</h2>
+<div class="node-env"></div>
+
 <h2>Import from dependency with .notjs files</h2>
 <div class="not-js"></div>
 
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ <h2>Reused variable names</h2>
     text('.import-star', `[success] ${keys.join(', ')}`)
   }
 
+  import { env } from 'dep-node-env'
+  text('.node-env', env)
+
   import { notjsValue } from 'dep-not-js'
   text('.not-js', notjsValue)
 

packages/playground/optimize-deps/package.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "dep-esbuild-plugin-transform": "file:./dep-esbuild-plugin-transform",
     "dep-linked": "link:./dep-linked",
     "dep-linked-include": "link:./dep-linked-include",
+    "dep-node-env": "file:./dep-node-env",
     "dep-not-js": "file:./dep-not-js",
     "dep-with-dynamic-import": "file:./dep-with-dynamic-import",
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",

packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ export async function runOptimizeDeps(
   }
 
   const define: Record<string, string> = {
-    'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(config.mode)
+    'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV || config.mode)
   }
   for (const key in config.define) {
     const value = config.define[key]
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ export function getDepHash(config: ResolvedConfig): string {
   // only a subset of config options that can affect dep optimization
   content += JSON.stringify(
     {
-      mode: config.mode,
+      mode: process.env.NODE_ENV || config.mode,
       root: config.root,
       define: config.define,
       resolve: config.resolve,