Dev builds make `__data.json?x-sveltekit-invalidated=01` requests even if `+page.server*` does not export a load function

Describe the bug

I have some routes with forms where I define form actions in their +page.server files. None of these +page.server files have a load function.

I noticed a bit of lag (~300ms) when navigating to those pages in dev builds, which looks to be coming from __data.json?x-sveltekit-invalidated=01 requests which always return: {"type":"data","nodes":[{"type":"skip"},{"type":"skip"},{"type":"data","data":[null],"uses":{}}]}. It seems like I can workaround this by removing the individual +page.server files on each route and moving them to a special, dedicated route that wouldn't be loaded by users, but that feels less than ideal.

It looks like this issue was filed before and fixed:

• https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/issues/7967
• https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/8636
• https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/releases/tag/%40sveltejs/kit%401.3.1

Is it expected for this to still happen in dev builds? It's not a big deal since it's seemingly in dev builds only, but it led to some confusion since we thought we had accidentally introduced latency we didn't expect until we tested outside of dev.

I made a minimal reproduction in Stackblitz with an empty +page.server file and see the same issue.

Is there a recommended or conventional approach on the placement of such form actions (e.g. in a dedicated route which avoids this also in dev)? Thanks!

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/sveltejs-kit-template-default-gegmdq?file=src%2Froutes%2Fpage3%2F%2Bpage.svelte.

Logs

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System Info

Stackblitz:

 System:
    OS: Linux 5.0 undefined
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 0 Bytes / 0 Bytes
    Shell: 1.0 - /bin/jsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.14.2 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.19 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.17.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    @sveltejs/adapter-auto: ^2.0.0 => 2.1.0 
    @sveltejs/kit: ^1.5.0 => 1.18.0 
    svelte: ^3.54.0 => 3.59.1 
    vite: ^4.3.0 => 4.3.8

Severity

annoyance

Additional Information

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Start with the linked StackBlitz reproduction and inspect src/routes/page3/+page.svelte alongside the route's +page.server file. Run it in a dev build, observe the __data.json?x-sveltekit-invalidated=01 request, and trace why it occurs when the server file has form actions but no load function. Done means the unnecessary request is avoided without breaking form actions.