Laracastshttps://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/vite/static-image-handling-help-with-larave…Static image handling help with Laravel 9 and Vite - LaracastsBy creating a fresh project, I was finally able to figure it out -- our project was using vite 3.0.4. When I installed the new project -- it did work as @rodrigo.pedra suggested but the version of vite in package.json was different, being vite 3.1.3. That fixed the issue.