diff --git a/lib/services/bundler/bundler-compiler-service.ts b/lib/services/bundler/bundler-compiler-service.ts
index 3eb880b2ba..d870bdc43f 100644
--- a/lib/services/bundler/bundler-compiler-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/bundler/bundler-compiler-service.ts
@@ -126,13 +126,9 @@ export class BundlerCompilerService
 						}
 
 						// Copy Vite output files directly to platform destination
-						const distOutput = path.join(
-							projectData.projectDir,
-							".ns-vite-build",
-						);
-						const destDir = path.join(
-							platformData.appDestinationDirectoryPath,
-							this.$options.hostProjectModuleName,
+						const { distOutput, destDir } = this.getVitePaths(
+							platformData,
+							projectData,
 						);
 
 						if (debugLog) {
@@ -380,6 +376,21 @@ export class BundlerCompilerService
 					delete this.bundlerProcesses[platformData.platformNameLowerCase];
 					const exitCode = typeof arg === "number" ? arg : arg && arg.code;
 					if (exitCode === 0) {
+						// In watch mode the Vite output is copied into the native
+						// project from the `emittedFiles` IPC message. A non-watch
+						// build (`ns build`, `ns run --justlaunch`) has no IPC
+						// channel — `startBundleProcess` sets `stdio: "inherit"`
+						// when `prepareData.watch` is false — so that copy never
+						// runs and `<platform>/.../assets/app` stays empty, leaving
+						// the Static Binding Generator with no input. Copy the full
+						// Vite bundle here instead.
+						if (this.getBundler() === "vite") {
+							const { distOutput, destDir } = this.getVitePaths(
+								platformData,
+								projectData,
+							);
+							this.copyViteBundleToNative(distOutput, destDir);
+						}
 						resolve();
 					} else {
 						const error: any = new Error(
@@ -845,6 +856,21 @@ export class BundlerCompilerService
 		return this.$projectConfigService.getValue(`bundler`, "webpack");
 	}
 
+	// The Vite output directory and its destination in the native project —
+	// shared by the watch-mode `emittedFiles` copy and the non-watch copy.
+	private getVitePaths(
+		platformData: IPlatformData,
+		projectData: IProjectData,
+	): { distOutput: string; destDir: string } {
+		return {
+			distOutput: path.join(projectData.projectDir, ".ns-vite-build"),
+			destDir: path.join(
+				platformData.appDestinationDirectoryPath,
+				this.$options.hostProjectModuleName,
+			),
+		};
+	}
+
 	private copyViteBundleToNative(
 		distOutput: string,
 		destDir: string,