diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions/build-core-stencil-prerelease/action.yml b/.github/workflows/actions/build-core-stencil-prerelease/action.yml
index 7a51a5df2d6..8cc7016349f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions/build-core-stencil-prerelease/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions/build-core-stencil-prerelease/action.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ runs:
       run: npm run build -- --ci --debug --verbose
       working-directory: ./core
       shell: bash
+    - name: 🔍 Verify Lazy Imports
+      run: npm run test.lazy-imports
+      working-directory: ./core
+      shell: bash
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/upload-archive
       with:
         name: ionic-core
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions/build-core/action.yml b/.github/workflows/actions/build-core/action.yml
index 2ac2fd00836..523b303139a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions/build-core/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions/build-core/action.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ runs:
       run: npm run build -- --ci
       working-directory: ./core
       shell: bash
+    - name: 🔍 Verify Lazy Imports
+      run: npm run test.lazy-imports
+      working-directory: ./core
+      shell: bash
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/upload-archive
       with:
         name: ionic-core
diff --git a/core/package.json b/core/package.json
index 7145248f915..59789c45b23 100644
--- a/core/package.json
+++ b/core/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
     "test.e2e.update-snapshots": "npm run test.e2e -- --update-snapshots='changed'",
     "test.watch": "jest --watch --no-cache",
     "test.treeshake": "node scripts/treeshaking.js dist/index.js",
-    "validate": "npm run lint && npm run test && npm run build && npm run test.treeshake",
+    "test.lazy-imports": "node scripts/verify/lazy-imports.js",
+    "validate": "npm run lint && npm run test && npm run build && npm run test.lazy-imports && npm run test.treeshake",
     "docker.build": "docker build -t ionic-playwright .",
     "test.e2e.docker": "npm run docker.build && node ./scripts/docker.mjs",
     "test.e2e.docker.update-snapshots": "npm run test.e2e.docker -- --update-snapshots='changed'",
diff --git a/core/scripts/verify/lazy-imports.js b/core/scripts/verify/lazy-imports.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0008130474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/scripts/verify/lazy-imports.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * Fails if the built lazy loader is missing a literal import path for any component bundle.
+ * Not in `scripts/testing/` because `vercel-build.sh` publishes that directory.
+ * https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/31333
+ */
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const PACKAGE_ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..');
+const OUTPUT_DIRS = ['dist/esm', 'dist/cjs'];
+
+function main() {
+  const failures = OUTPUT_DIRS.map(verify).filter((message) => message !== null);
+
+  if (failures.length > 0) {
+    failures.forEach((message) => console.error(message));
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.error(`Success! Every lazy bundle is imported by path in ${OUTPUT_DIRS.join(' and ')}`);
+}
+
+function verify(dir) {
+  const resolved = path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT, dir);
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(resolved)) {
+    return `${dir} does not exist. Run npm run build first.`;
+  }
+
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(resolved).filter((file) => file.endsWith('.js'));
+  const entries = files.filter((file) => file.endsWith('.entry.js'));
+
+  if (entries.length === 0) {
+    return `${dir} does not contain any .entry.js files.`;
+  }
+
+  // A non-loader chunk that happens to name an entry file would be a false pass.
+  const loader = files
+    .filter((file) => !file.endsWith('.entry.js'))
+    .map((file) => fs.readFileSync(path.join(resolved, file), 'utf-8'))
+    .find((source) => /switch\s*\(bundleId\)/.test(source));
+
+  if (loader === undefined) {
+    return `${dir} has no lazy loader with a bundle id switch. Check that extras.enableImportInjection is still set in core/stencil.config.ts.`;
+  }
+
+  const missing = entries.filter((entry) => !loader.includes(`'./${entry}'`) && !loader.includes(`"./${entry}"`));
+
+  if (missing.length > 0) {
+    return `${dir} is missing an import for ${missing.length} of ${entries.length} lazy bundles: ${missing.join(', ')}`;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/core/stencil.config.ts b/core/stencil.config.ts
index 8a090b65bff..948c5bff4a9 100644
--- a/core/stencil.config.ts
+++ b/core/stencil.config.ts
@@ -274,5 +274,11 @@ export const config: Config = {
      * the default behavior (slated for a future Stencil major version).
      */
     experimentalScopedSlotChanges: true,
+    /**
+     * Vite 8 / Rolldown honors the `@vite-ignore` comment on the lazy loader's dynamic import
+     * and never emits the `.entry.js` chunks, so requests for them 404. This flag prepends a
+     * switch of literal import paths those bundlers can resolve.
+     */
+    enableImportInjection: true,
   }
 };