Next.js and Headless CMS

[shadcn]

This is a curated list of issues, discussions and PRs that are related to improving the Next.js DX when working with headless CMS.

If you find anything relevant, feel free to add it to the comments below.

Additional data from getStaticPaths to getStaticProps.

• Pass fetched data from getStaticPaths to getStaticProps #11272
• [Feature Request] Add an programmatic API to share context between prerender workers during `getStaticPaths` and `getStaticProps` #33027
• @ijjk comment about caching and worker threads : getStaticPaths re-imports node modules preventing caching remote data in memory #10933 (comment)

Prefetching in Preview Mode

• Disable link prefetching in preview mode #29058
• Please allow to globally disable prefetching #24009

✅ On demand revalidation or cache invalidation.

This is now available in Next.js 12.1.0

• RFC: Incremental Static Regeneration #11552
• @leerob comment on the RFC: RFC: Incremental Static Regeneration #11552 (comment)
• A possible strategy for cache purging #22384 by @FSaldanha
• Add endpoint for SSG cache clear #22699 by @adrianos10

[leerob]

Thanks for curating this list!

[charkour]

Thanks for this! On-demand revalidation for only pages whose content changed in the CMS would be a killer feature. Right now, it is frustrating to rebuild the entire site when we need to run a cache invalidation.