useAsyncData in combination with --coverage (istanbul) causes syntax error

Error: SyntaxError: Expecting Unicode escape sequence \uXXXX (1:1)

Happens when using the @vitest/coverage-istanbul coverage provider. V8 Does work (but i have never been able to create accurate coverage reports with that)

Even when using useLazyAsyncData or // useAsyncData

reproduction: https://stackblitz.com/edit/nuxt-starter-1ens2b

run pnpm run test

I hope I did this correctly, but for me it seems with latest version & latest nuxt you can reproduce this anywhere if you just add // useAsyncData I guess that is because of the auto imports.

Stacktrace example:

FAIL  app.test.ts [ app.test.ts ]
SyntaxError: Expecting Unicode escape sequence \uXXXX (1:1)
 ❯ pp$4.raise node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:25027:13
 ❯ pp.invalidStringToken node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:27176:10
 ❯ pp.readWord1 node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:27340:16
 ❯ pp.readWord node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:27359:19
 ❯ pp.readToken node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:26647:19
 ❯ pp.nextToken node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:26640:15
 ❯ Parser.parse node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:22063:8
 ❯ Function.parse node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:22114:35
 ❯ TransformContext.parse node_modules/.pnpm/vite@4.4.9_@types+node@20.5.7/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-df561101.js:43962:27
 ❯ TransformContext.transform node_modules/.pnpm/@nuxt+vite-builder@3.7.0_vue@3.3.4/node_modules/@nuxt/vite-builder/dist/shared/vite-builder.d6a45f81.mjs:947:24

Start with the StackBlitz reproduction and run pnpm run test using the Istanbul coverage provider, then compare the result with V8 coverage. Inspect the transformation path shown in the Vite and Nuxt Vite Builder stack trace, including the useAsyncData and useLazyAsyncData cases. Done means tests run without the Unicode escape syntax error when coverage is enabled.