fix(nextjs): fix static exports

[avivkeller]

As discussed on Slack, this PR fixes static exports by reworking use cache and use server files.

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[bjohansebas]

change the CI workflow to use the deploy command, please

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes Next.js static exports by replacing the experimental use cache directive with React's cache() function and removing unnecessary use server directives. The changes enable proper static site generation by moving data generation to module initialization time rather than runtime.

Key changes:

• Removed experimental useCache: true flag from Next.js configuration
• Converted provider files to use React's cache() function with top-level await for data generation
• Removed use server directives and updated components to call synchronous cached provider functions

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 16 out of 17 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

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File	Description
apps/site/next.config.mjs	Removed experimental useCache flag
apps/site/next-env.d.ts	Updated types reference path for development environment
apps/site/next-data/providers/vulnerabilities.ts	Converted from use cache directive to React cache() with top-level data generation
apps/site/next-data/providers/supportersData.ts	Converted from use cache directive to React cache() with top-level data generation
apps/site/next-data/providers/releaseVersions.ts	Converted from use cache directive to React cache() with top-level data generation
apps/site/next-data/providers/releaseData.ts	Converted from use cache directive to React cache() with top-level data generation
apps/site/next-data/providers/downloadSnippets.ts	Converted from use cache directive to React cache() with top-level data generation
apps/site/layouts/Download.tsx	Removed await from provider call
apps/site/components/withSupporters.tsx	Removed use server directive and async/await from component
apps/site/components/withReleaseSelect.tsx	Removed use server directive and await from provider call
apps/site/components/withNodeRelease.tsx	Removed use server directive and async/await from component
apps/site/components/withDownloadSection.tsx	Removed await from provider calls
apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx	Removed async/await from component and provider call
apps/site/components/Releases/PreviousReleasesTable/index.tsx	Removed await from provider call
apps/site/components/EOL/EOLReleaseTable/index.tsx	Removed await from provider calls
apps/site/app/[locale]/not-found.tsx	Removed use server directive
apps/site/app/[locale]/download/archive/[version]/page.tsx	Removed async/await from generateStaticParams and provider calls

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[MattIPv4]

Can we make sure the PR CI is also updated to do a static build?

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📦 Build Size Comparison

Summary

Metric	Value
Old Total Size	4.34 MB
New Total Size	4.41 MB
Delta	66.82 KB (+1.50%)

Changes

➕ Added Assets (9)

Name	Size
.next/static/chunks/d30c92f7fd1a5413.js	64.90 KB
.next/static/chunks/f0490e2735cff758.js	204.26 KB
.next/static/chunks/5e2875a3694096bc.js	27.74 KB
.next/static/chunks/cd7a9c7e77c6d4f1.js	134.63 KB
.next/static/chunks/83746613e033c5eb.js	27.28 KB
.next/static/chunks/440c65068d6fbae2.js	27.74 KB
.next/static/chunks/c7363092071b3daf.js	767.74 KB
.next/static/chunks/11128c08875d4595.js	27.74 KB
.next/static/chunks/eb4fdb24df4a0411.js	767.74 KB

➖ Removed Assets (9)

Name	Size
.next/static/chunks/57342e625049ddc4.js	64.80 KB
.next/static/chunks/f9d10990b7677271.js	8.27 KB
.next/static/chunks/9291518bee3bf771.js	61.69 KB
.next/static/chunks/5e18e9d3162bd477.js	204.26 KB
.next/static/chunks/fc4ebb7566380f8c.js	1.59 KB
.next/static/chunks/40481e1be1d4ab40.js	31.98 KB
.next/static/chunks/f861a43df79a9d1a.js	789.19 KB
.next/static/chunks/a966f28e2035f6d8.js	31.98 KB
.next/static/chunks/616628337ae9b55e.js	789.19 KB

[ovflowd]

SGTM! Can you just double check at the very least these cache() inner functions are being executed once per build-worker instead of once per every page generated? 🤔 (The difference is having 4-8 console logs instead of 2K+)

[avivkeller]

Yes, it's only being run once per build worker. Only saw a couple of logs on the static build, not for every page

[ovflowd]

Yes, it's only being run once per build worker. Only saw a couple of logs on the static build, not for every page

That's already a much better outcome, because the top-level await would be executed for every frigging page if I recall correctly. Okay, let's fast-track this PR, cc @nodejs/web-infra