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frontend/vite.config.ts

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+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
+
+// In development the UI runs on :5173 and the API on :8000, so /api is proxied.
+// In production both are served from the same origin (the backend serves the
+// built files), which is why every request in the app is a relative path.
+export default defineConfig({
+  plugins: [react()],
+  server: {
+    port: 5173,
+    proxy: {
+      "/api": {
+        target: process.env.VITE_API_TARGET || "http://localhost:8000",
+        changeOrigin: true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  build: { outDir: "dist", sourcemap: false },
+});