Production build times extremely slow (10+ minutes for build + type checking)

8/10 High

Building for production takes ~10 minutes, and svelte-check adds another ~10 minutes, making it 20+ minutes total. esbuild, swc, and rspack lack good Svelte support, making workarounds difficult. Build times worsen as projects grow.

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Category
build
Workaround
none
Stage
build
Freshness
persistent
Scope
framework
Upstream
open
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
team
Maintainer
active

Sources

Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Svelte for developers in 2025?”4/5/2026

Building the application for production takes 10 minutes, and Svelte-check takes an additional 10 minutes. Neither esbuild, swc, nor rspack currently have good support for Svelte.

Created: 4/5/2026Updated: 4/5/2026