chore: add static builds to ci to ensure static builds are still working

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ jobs:
         # We also use `--omit=dev` to avoid installing devDependencies as we don't need them during the build step
         run: npm i --no-audit --no-fund --userconfig=/dev/null --omit=dev
 
-      - name: Build Next.js
+      - name: Build Next.js (ISR)
+        # We want a ISR build on CI to ensure that regular Next.js builds work as expected.
         # We want to enforce that the actual `turbo@latest` package is used instead of a possible hijack from the user
         # the `${{ needs.base.outputs.turbo_args }}` is a string substitution happening from the base job
         run: npx --package=turbo@latest -- turbo build ${{ needs.base.outputs.turbo_args }}
@@ -100,9 +101,18 @@ jobs:
           # this should be a last resort in case by any chances the build memory gets too high
           # but in general this should never happen
           NODE_OPTIONS: '--max_old_space_size=4096'
-          # We want to avoid having Next.js's Telemetry to kick-in during this build
-          # See https://nextjs.org/telemetry
-          NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED: 1
+
+      - name: Build Next.js (Static)
+        # We want a Static Buid on CI to ensure that the Static Exports are working as expected
+        # This build will use the existing cache created on the previous build above (ISR)
+        # We want to enforce that the actual `turbo@latest` package is used instead of a possible hijack from the user
+        # the `${{ needs.base.outputs.turbo_args }}` is a string substitution happening from the base job
+        run: npx --package=turbo@latest -- turbo deploy ${{ needs.base.outputs.turbo_args }}
+        env:
+          # We want to ensure we have enough RAM allocated to the Node.js process
+          # this should be a last resort in case by any chances the build memory gets too high
+          # but in general this should never happen
+          NODE_OPTIONS: '--max_old_space_size=4096'
 
       - name: Analyse Build
         id: analyse_build

next.config.mjs

@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ const nextConfig = {
     // since we pass the fully-compiled MDX page from `MDXRemote` through
     // a page's static props.
     largePageDataBytes: 128 * 100000,
-    // We disable the bundling and tracing of some files on the Serverless & Edge Runtimes
-    // as otherwise they would explode the bundle size (server) and the tracing time
-    outputFileTracingExcludes: {
-      '*': ['./public/**', 'node_modules/**/@swc/core*'],
-    },
   },
 };
 

next.constants.mjs

@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE = defaultLocale.code;
  */
 export const LEGACY_JAVASCRIPT_FILE = `${BASE_PATH}/static/js/legacyMain.js`;
 
+/**
+ * This is the current Node.js Working directory. We usually use it to resolve pathnames
+ * relative to the content of the Node.js Website.
+ */
+export const CURRENT_WORKING_DIRECTORY = process.cwd();
+
 /**
  * This is a list of all static routes or pages from the Website that we do not
  * want to allow to be statically built on our Static Export Build.

next.dynamic.mjs

@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ import rehypeSlug from 'rehype-slug';
 import { serialize } from 'next-mdx-remote/serialize';
 import { availableLocales } from './next.locales.mjs';
 import { getMarkdownFiles } from './next.helpers.mjs';
-import { DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE, MD_EXTENSION_REGEX } from './next.constants.mjs';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE,
+  MD_EXTENSION_REGEX,
+  CURRENT_WORKING_DIRECTORY,
+} from './next.constants.mjs';
 
 // allows us to run a glob to get markdown files based on a language folder
 const getPathsByLanguage = async (locale = DEFAULT_LOCALE_CODE, ignored = []) =>
-  getMarkdownFiles(process.cwd(), `pages/${locale}`, ignored);
+  getMarkdownFiles(CURRENT_WORKING_DIRECTORY, `pages/${locale}`, ignored);
 
 /**
  * This method is responsible for generating a Collection of all available paths that
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ const getAllPaths = async () => {
       sourcePages.map(filename => {
         // remove the index.md(x) suffix from a pathname
         let pathname = filename.replace(MD_EXTENSION_REGEX, '');
+
         // remove trailing slash for correct Windows pathing of the index files
         if (pathname.length > 1 && pathname.endsWith(sep)) {
           pathname = pathname.substring(0, pathname.length - 1);
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ export const getMarkdownFile = (
 
       // gets the full pathname for the file (absolute path)
       metadata.filename = join(
-        process.cwd(),
+        CURRENT_WORKING_DIRECTORY,
         'pages',
         localeToUse,
         route.filename

pages/[...path].tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { sep } from 'node:path';
 import Theme from '@/theme';
 import * as nextDynamic from '@/next.dynamic.mjs';
 import * as nextConstants from '@/next.constants.mjs';
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ const getRouteWrite = (pathname: string) =>
 
 // This maps a pathname into an actual route object that can be used
 const mapPathnameToRoute = (pathname: string) => ({
-  params: { path: pathname.split('/') },
+  // we use a platform-specific separator to split the pathname
+  // since we're using filepaths here and not URL paths
+  params: { path: pathname.split(sep) },
 });
 
 // This method receives the props from `getStaticProps` and renders/builds the Markdown