fix(@angular/build): explicitly fail when using Vitest runtime mocking

packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export async function getVitestBuildOptions(
   }
 
   entryPoints.set('init-testbed', 'angular:test-bed-init');
+  entryPoints.set('vitest-mock-patch', 'angular:vitest-mock-patch');
 
   // The 'vitest' package is always external for testing purposes
   const externalDependencies = ['vitest'];
@@ -153,10 +154,22 @@ export async function getVitestBuildOptions(
     buildOptions.polyfills,
   );
 
+  const mockPatchContents = `
+    import { vi } from 'vitest';
+    const error = new Error(
+    'The "vi.mock" and related methods are not supported with the Angular unit-test system. Please use Angular TestBed for mocking.');
+    vi.mock = () => { throw error; };
+    vi.doMock = () => { throw error; };
+    vi.importMock = () => { throw error; };
+    vi.unmock = () => { throw error; };
+    vi.doUnmock = () => { throw error; };
+  `;
+
   return {
     buildOptions,
     virtualFiles: {
       'angular:test-bed-init': testBedInitContents,
+      'angular:vitest-mock-patch': mockPatchContents,
     },
     testEntryPointMappings: entryPoints,
   };

packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/executor.ts

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export class VitestExecutor implements TestExecutor {
   private prepareSetupFiles(): string[] {
     const { setupFiles } = this.options;
     // Add setup file entries for TestBed initialization and project polyfills
-    const testSetupFiles = ['init-testbed.js', ...setupFiles];
+    const testSetupFiles = ['init-testbed.js', 'vitest-mock-patch.js', ...setupFiles];
 
     // TODO: Provide additional result metadata to avoid needing to extract based on filename
     if (this.buildResultFiles.has('polyfills.js')) {

packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/tests/behavior/vitest-mock-unsupported_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { execute } from '../../index';
+import {
+  BASE_OPTIONS,
+  describeBuilder,
+  UNIT_TEST_BUILDER_INFO,
+  setupApplicationTarget,
+} from '../setup';
+
+describeBuilder(execute, UNIT_TEST_BUILDER_INFO, (harness) => {
+  describe('Behavior: "Vitest mocking unsupported"', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      setupApplicationTarget(harness);
+    });
+
+    it('should fail when vi.mock is used', async () => {
+      harness.useTarget('test', {
+        ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+      });
+
+      harness.writeFile(
+        'src/app/mock-throw.spec.ts',
+        `
+        import { vi } from 'vitest';
+        vi.mock('./something', () => ({}));
+      `,
+      );
+
+      // Overwrite default to avoid noise
+      harness.writeFile(
+        'src/app/app.component.spec.ts',
+        `
+        import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+        describe('Ignored', () => { it('pass', () => expect(true).toBe(true)); });
+      `,
+      );
+
+      const { result, logs } = await harness.executeOnce();
+      expect(result?.success).toBeFalse();
+    });
+  });
+});