diff --git a/desktop/src/shared/profiling/harness.test.mjs b/desktop/src/shared/profiling/harness.test.mjs
index ffa42ffcd..97e9496d6 100644
--- a/desktop/src/shared/profiling/harness.test.mjs
+++ b/desktop/src/shared/profiling/harness.test.mjs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   wrapInvoke,
 } from "@/shared/profiling/ipc.ts";
 import { ProfileRecorder, RING_CAPACITY } from "@/shared/profiling/recorder.ts";
+import { resolveTauriCore } from "@/shared/profiling/viteTauriCoreProxy.ts";
 
 function fixedClock() {
   let t = 1000;
@@ -200,6 +201,70 @@ describe("wrapInvoke / observer registry", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("resolveTauriCore", () => {
+  const PROXY = "/abs/src/shared/profiling/tauriCoreProxy.ts";
+  const REAL = "/abs/node_modules/@tauri-apps/api/core.js";
+
+  it("redirects the bare core specifier to the proxy", () => {
+    // App code and external plugins (`plugin-opener`, …) import this form.
+    assert.equal(
+      resolveTauriCore("@tauri-apps/api/core", "/abs/src/App.tsx", PROXY, REAL),
+      PROXY,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("redirects a relative ./core.js from inside @tauri-apps/api to the proxy", () => {
+    // The bypass Thufir found: Tauri's own submodules (event/app/window/webview)
+    // reach core via the relative import, which a bare alias never sees.
+    assert.equal(
+      resolveTauriCore(
+        "./core.js",
+        "/abs/node_modules/@tauri-apps/api/event.js",
+        PROXY,
+        REAL,
+      ),
+      PROXY,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("maps the proxy's escape specifier to the real core, not itself", () => {
+    // The proxy re-exports through @tauri-core-impl; it must reach the real
+    // module so the redirect never loops.
+    assert.equal(
+      resolveTauriCore("@tauri-core-impl", PROXY, PROXY, REAL),
+      REAL,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the proxy's other imports untouched", () => {
+    // e.g. the proxy importing the observer registry must not be redirected.
+    assert.equal(
+      resolveTauriCore("@/shared/profiling/ipc", PROXY, PROXY, REAL),
+      null,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("ignores a relative ./core.js from outside @tauri-apps/api", () => {
+    // A same-named file elsewhere must not be captured.
+    assert.equal(
+      resolveTauriCore(
+        "./core.js",
+        "/abs/src/shared/lib/thing.ts",
+        PROXY,
+        REAL,
+      ),
+      null,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("ignores unrelated specifiers", () => {
+    assert.equal(
+      resolveTauriCore("react", "/abs/src/App.tsx", PROXY, REAL),
+      null,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe("ProfileRecorder ring buffer", () => {
   it("bounds the buffer at RING_CAPACITY, dropping oldest", async () => {
     const rec = new ProfileRecorder("session-1", async () => {}, fixedClock());
diff --git a/desktop/src/shared/profiling/viteResolve.test.mjs b/desktop/src/shared/profiling/viteResolve.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..030f31e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/shared/profiling/viteResolve.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Real Vite resolve-graph test for the temporary renderer profiling branch
+ * (never merges). The unit suite for `resolveTauriCore` proves the decision in
+ * isolation, but the coverage contract depends on how Vite actually resolves
+ * imports through the shipped config — the exact gap a bare-specifier alias
+ * hid. This drives Vite's own plugin container against `vite.config.ts` so the
+ * three call shapes are proven end-to-end, not modeled.
+ */
+
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { after, before, describe, it } from "node:test";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const desktopDir = path.resolve(
+  path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+  "../../..",
+);
+const abs = (p) => path.resolve(desktopDir, p);
+const PROXY = abs("src/shared/profiling/tauriCoreProxy.ts");
+const REAL_CORE = abs("node_modules/@tauri-apps/api/core.js");
+
+describe("Vite resolves every Tauri core import through the proxy", () => {
+  let server;
+  const resolve = (source, importer) =>
+    server.pluginContainer
+      .resolveId(source, importer)
+      .then((r) => r?.id ?? null);
+
+  before(async () => {
+    const { createServer } = await import("vite");
+    server = await createServer({
+      configFile: abs("vite.config.ts"),
+      server: { middlewareMode: true },
+      logLevel: "silent",
+    });
+  });
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await server?.close();
+  });
+
+  it("routes a raw @tauri-apps/api/core import to the proxy", async () => {
+    assert.equal(
+      await resolve("@tauri-apps/api/core", abs("src/App.tsx")),
+      PROXY,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("routes a built-in submodule's relative ./core.js to the proxy", async () => {
+    // event.js/app.js/window.js import core relatively — the bypass being fixed.
+    assert.equal(
+      await resolve("./core.js", abs("node_modules/@tauri-apps/api/event.js")),
+      PROXY,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("routes an external plugin's core import to the proxy", async () => {
+    assert.equal(
+      await resolve(
+        "@tauri-apps/api/core",
+        abs("node_modules/@tauri-apps/plugin-opener/dist-js/index.js"),
+      ),
+      PROXY,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("resolves the proxy's escape import to the real core (no loop)", async () => {
+    assert.equal(await resolve("@tauri-core-impl", PROXY), REAL_CORE);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/desktop/src/shared/profiling/viteTauriCoreProxy.ts b/desktop/src/shared/profiling/viteTauriCoreProxy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1280fb137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/shared/profiling/viteTauriCoreProxy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Temporary renderer profiling harness (never merges) — pure resolver decision
+// for routing every `@tauri-apps/api` core import through tauriCoreProxy.ts.
+//
+// A bare-specifier alias only catches `import ... from "@tauri-apps/api/core"`.
+// Tauri's own submodules (`event`, `app`, `window`, `webview`, …) reach core
+// via the RELATIVE import `import { invoke } from "./core.js"`, which an alias
+// never sees — so their `plugin:event|*`, `plugin:window|*`, … traffic would
+// bypass the wrapper and go unrecorded. A Vite `resolveId` hook can see the
+// relative form (via the importer) and redirect it too, making the module seam
+// canonical for the resolved core module regardless of how it is imported.
+//
+// This module holds only the pure decision so it is unit-testable without a
+// Vite/Node type dependency (importing `vite` here would pull Node's global
+// typings into the DOM-typed src program). The thin `Plugin` wrapper that calls
+// it lives in vite.config.ts.
+
+/** Specifier the proxy uses to reach the real core implementation. */
+export const REAL_CORE_SPECIFIER = "@tauri-core-impl";
+
+/**
+ * Decide where a module specifier should resolve so that every Tauri core
+ * import lands on the profiling proxy, while the proxy's own escape import
+ * reaches the real core without looping.
+ *
+ * Returns `proxyId` to redirect through the proxy, `realCoreId` for the escape
+ * hatch, or `null` to fall through to Vite's normal resolution.
+ */
+export function resolveTauriCore(
+  source: string,
+  importer: string | undefined,
+  proxyId: string,
+  realCoreId: string,
+): string | null {
+  // Escape hatch: the proxy asks for the real implementation. Checked first so
+  // the proxy's own re-export never loops back into itself.
+  if (source === REAL_CORE_SPECIFIER) return realCoreId;
+  // Any other import originating in the proxy passes through untouched.
+  if (importer === proxyId) return null;
+  // Bare specifier — app code and external plugins (`plugin-opener`, …).
+  if (source === "@tauri-apps/api/core") return proxyId;
+  // Relative import from inside Tauri's own API package (`event`, `app`,
+  // `window`, `webview`, …), which resolve core as `./core.js`.
+  if (source === "./core.js" && importer?.includes("/@tauri-apps/api/")) {
+    return proxyId;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/desktop/vite.config.ts b/desktop/vite.config.ts
index 180593b39..da33a9522 100644
--- a/desktop/vite.config.ts
+++ b/desktop/vite.config.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,41 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 import { tanstackRouter } from "@tanstack/router-plugin/vite";
+import { resolveTauriCore } from "./src/shared/profiling/viteTauriCoreProxy";
 
 const host = process.env.TAURI_DEV_HOST;
 
+// Temporary profiling harness (never merges): route every Tauri core `invoke`
+// through a proxy that wraps it. A resolver (not a bare alias) is required
+// because Tauri's own submodules (`event`, `app`, `window`, `webview`, …) reach
+// core via the relative import `./core.js`, which an alias cannot see; the hook
+// redirects both the bare specifier and that relative form to the proxy, while
+// the proxy's `@tauri-core-impl` import escapes to the real module.
+const tauriCoreProxyId = path.resolve(
+  __dirname,
+  "./src/shared/profiling/tauriCoreProxy.ts",
+);
+const tauriRealCoreId = path.resolve(
+  __dirname,
+  "./node_modules/@tauri-apps/api/core.js",
+);
+const tauriCoreProfilingProxy = {
+  name: "tauri-core-profiling-proxy",
+  enforce: "pre" as const,
+  resolveId(source: string, importer: string | undefined) {
+    return resolveTauriCore(
+      source,
+      importer,
+      tauriCoreProxyId,
+      tauriRealCoreId,
+    );
+  },
+};
+
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig(async () => ({
   plugins: [
+    tauriCoreProfilingProxy,
     tanstackRouter({
       target: "react",
       routesDirectory: "./src/app/routes",
@@ -23,19 +52,6 @@ export default defineConfig(async () => ({
   ],
   resolve: {
     alias: {
-      // Temporary profiling harness (never merges): route every
-      // `@tauri-apps/api/core` importer (raw consumers, invokeTauri, and every
-      // bundled Tauri plugin) through a proxy that wraps `invoke`. The proxy
-      // reaches the real module via `@tauri-core-impl` so this alias does not
-      // re-fire. Exact string match — plugin subpaths are unaffected.
-      "@tauri-apps/api/core": path.resolve(
-        __dirname,
-        "./src/shared/profiling/tauriCoreProxy.ts",
-      ),
-      "@tauri-core-impl": path.resolve(
-        __dirname,
-        "./node_modules/@tauri-apps/api/core.js",
-      ),
       "@": "/src",
       "@features-manifest": path.resolve(__dirname, "../preview-features.json"),
       "@model-capabilities-manifest": path.resolve(