refactor(@angular/build): dynamically load @babel/core in transformer worker

By default, JavaScript transformations use the native OXC engine for Angular linking and advanced optimizations. The Babel-based linker is only utilized when the NG_BUILD_BABEL_LINKER environment variable is explicitly enabled. Previously, transformAsync was imported statically at the top level of javascript-transformer-worker.ts, causing Node.js to eagerly evaluate @babel/core and all its transitive dependencies on startup across every Piscina worker thread. Importing @babel/core dynamically only when the Babel linker fallback is active reduces worker thread startup latency and eliminates unnecessary worker idle memory overhead on standard builds.

Author: Product Launch Events Yacht

packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer-worker.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import remapping, { type DecodedSourceMap, type EncodedSourceMap } from '@ampproject/remapping';
-import { type PluginItem, transformAsync } from '@babel/core';
+import type { PluginItem } from '@babel/core';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { workerData } from 'node:worker_threads';
 import Piscina from 'piscina';
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ const {
  jit = false,
 } = (workerData || {}) as Partial<JavaScriptTransformerOptions>;
 
+let babelLinkerDeps:
+ | Promise<
+ [
+ typeof import('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel'),
+ typeof import('@angular/compiler-cli'),
+ typeof import('@babel/core'),
+ ]
+ >
+ | undefined;
+
 const textDecoder = new TextDecoder();
 const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();
 
@@ -170,8 +180,13 @@ async function transformJavaScriptImpl(
  }
 
  if (shouldLink && useBabelLinker) {
- const { createEs2015LinkerPlugin } = await import('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel');
- const { ConsoleLogger, LogLevel } = await import('@angular/compiler-cli');
+ babelLinkerDeps ??= Promise.all([
+ import('@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel'),
+ import('@angular/compiler-cli'),
+ import('@babel/core'),
+ ]);
+ const [{ createEs2015LinkerPlugin }, { ConsoleLogger, LogLevel }, { transformAsync }] =
+ await babelLinkerDeps;
 
  const result = await transformAsync(code, {
  filename,