diff --git a/packages/plugin-vite/src/mod.ts b/packages/plugin-vite/src/mod.ts
index cd411cacfdc..c49c244526c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vite/src/mod.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-vite/src/mod.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,23 @@ export function fresh(config?: FreshViteConfig): Plugin[] {
         isDev = env.command === "serve";
 
         return {
+          server: {
+            watch: {
+              // Ignore temp files, editor swap files, and Vite timestamp
+              // files. On Linux, these short-lived files can trigger a
+              // watchFs race condition in Deno where the watcher tries to
+              // open a file that has already been deleted, crashing the
+              // dev server with ENOENT.
+              ignored: [
+                "**/*.tmp.*",
+                "**/*.timestamp-*",
+                "**/*~",
+                "**/.#*",
+                "**/*.swp",
+                "**/*.swo",
+              ],
+            },
+          },
           esbuild: {
             jsx: "automatic",
             jsxImportSource: "preact",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vite/tests/config_test.ts b/packages/plugin-vite/tests/config_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd650105de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-vite/tests/config_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { expect } from "@std/expect";
+import { fresh } from "../src/mod.ts";
+import type { Plugin } from "vite";
+
+Deno.test("fresh plugin - sets server.watch.ignored patterns", () => {
+  const plugins = fresh() as Plugin[];
+  const freshPlugin = plugins.find((p) => p.name === "fresh");
+  expect(freshPlugin).toBeDefined();
+
+  // Call the config hook as Vite would during dev
+  // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+  const configFn = freshPlugin!.config as any;
+  const result = configFn({}, { command: "serve" });
+
+  const ignored = result?.server?.watch?.ignored;
+  expect(ignored).toBeDefined();
+  expect(Array.isArray(ignored)).toBe(true);
+
+  // Should ignore temp files, editor swap files, and Vite timestamp files
+  expect(ignored).toContain("**/*.tmp.*");
+  expect(ignored).toContain("**/*.timestamp-*");
+  expect(ignored).toContain("**/*.swp");
+  expect(ignored).toContain("**/*.swo");
+  expect(ignored).toContain("**/*~");
+  expect(ignored).toContain("**/.#*");
+});