chore(release): v0.12.5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.12.5
+
+[compare changes](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/compare/v0.12.4...v0.12.5)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- Correct import in dev-only, noop background ([#298](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/298))
+
 ## v0.12.4
 
 [compare changes](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/compare/v0.12.3...v0.12.4)

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "wxt",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "0.12.4",
+  "version": "0.12.5",
   "description": "Next gen framework for developing web extensions",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18",

src/core/builders/vite/plugins/noopBackground.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import { Plugin } from 'vite';
 import { VIRTUAL_NOOP_BACKGROUND_MODULE_ID } from '~/core/utils/constants';
 
 /**
- * In dev mode, if there's not a background script listed, we need to add one.
- *
- * This define's a virtual module that is basically just a noop.
+ * In dev mode, if there's not a background script listed, we need to add one so that the web socket
+ * connection is setup and the extension reloads HTML pages and content scripts correctly.
  */
 export function noopBackground(): Plugin {
   const virtualModuleId = VIRTUAL_NOOP_BACKGROUND_MODULE_ID;
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ export function noopBackground(): Plugin {
     },
     load(id) {
       if (id === resolvedVirtualModuleId) {
-        return `import { defineBackground } from 'wxt/client';\nexport default defineBackground(() => void 0)`;
+        return `import { defineBackground } from 'wxt/sandbox';\nexport default defineBackground(() => void 0)`;
       }
     },
   };