Trouble with Next.js app migration
evhaus
PROOP

a year ago

I'm attemping a migration of a Next.js app from Vercel to Railway but running into issues. I'm using a "Deploy via GitHub" approach. Onboarding was generally very smooth but the deployed app won't run. In the Build logs I see:

⚠ You are using a non-standard "NODE_ENV" value in your environment. This creates inconsistencies in the project and is strongly advised against. Read more: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/non-standard-node-env

And the app itself fails with:

TypeError: (0 , react_jsx_dev_runtime__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__.jsxDEV) is not a function

at App (pages/_app.tsx:9:4)

I tried changing the build command from next build to NODE_ENV=production next build but that didn't make a difference.

I tried changing the start command from next to NODE_ENV=production next but that also didn't make a difference.

I tried adding a NODE_ENV = production Variable directly in the Railway service configuration, but that also didn't make any difference.

I wasn't able to find any other support threads with this similar issue so I'm a bit stuck on what could be going wrong.

Solved

4 Replies

Hey! Could you try:

  1. Remove NODE_ENV=production from build/start command
  2. Set NODE_ENV=production as a service variable
  3. Switch from Nixpacks to Railpack in Service Settings -> Build -> Builder

Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway 11 months ago


ray-chen

Hey! Could you try: 1. Remove `NODE_ENV=production` from build/start command 2. Set `NODE_ENV=production` as a service variable 3. Switch from Nixpacks to Railpack in Service Settings -> Build -> Builder

evhaus
PROOP

a year ago

Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, no luck. Same error. If I change my start command to echo $NODE_ENV && next it prints:

> echo $NODE_ENV && next

production

⚠ You are using a non-standard "NODE_ENV" value in your environment. This creates inconsistencies in the project and is strongly advised against. Read more: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/non-standard-node-env

▲ Next.js 15.3.5

- Local: http://localhost:8080

- Network: http://10.250.20.171:8080

` - Environments: .env

TypeError: (0 , react_jsx_dev_runtime__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__.jsxDEV) is not a function`

at App (pages/_app.tsx:9:4)

I can reproduce the issue locally on my Mac if I use NODE_ENV=production && next. I see the same warning and then the same jsxDEV error. The solution locally is to remove NODE_ENV entirely and leave it empty. I'm trying to find a way to do the same on Railway, but it seems to be setting NODE_ENV=production even though it's not in my .env, or my service variables, or my start commands.


Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway 11 months ago


evhaus

Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, no luck. Same error. If I change my start command to `echo $NODE_ENV && next` it prints: `> echo $NODE_ENV && next` `production` `⚠ You are using a non-standard "NODE_ENV" value in your environment. This creates inconsistencies in the project and is strongly advised against. Read more: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/non-standard-node-env` ` ▲ Next.js 15.3.5` ` - Local: http://localhost:8080` ` - Network: http://10.250.20.171:8080` ` - Environments: .env TypeError: (0 , react_jsx_dev_runtime__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__.jsxDEV) is not a function` ` at App (pages/_app.tsx:9:4)` I can reproduce the issue locally on my Mac if I use `NODE_ENV=production && next`. I see the same warning and then the same `jsxDEV` error. The solution locally is to remove `NODE_ENV` entirely and leave it empty. I'm trying to find a way to do the same on Railway, but it seems to be setting `NODE_ENV=production` even though it's not in my .env, or my service variables, or my start commands.

evhaus
PROOP

a year ago

I found a somewhat hacky fix -- adding a NODE_ENV service variable with an empty string in Railway. Would still like to know where the production value comes from though.



Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway 11 months ago


Status changed to Solved evhaus 11 months ago


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