Angular v19 prerender uses the wrong package.json
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Description
### Which @angular/* package(s) are the source of the bug?
ssr
### Is this a regression?
No
### Description
when running an angular app that uses `AngularNodeAppEngine` from "@angular/ssr/node" and `outputMode` set to `server` it reads `imports` from `src/package.json` which is set to be used in dist
package.json
```
"imports": {
"#configs/*": "./browser/configs/*.js"
}
```
in the source code the configs folder is live in "src/configs" but copied at build time into "dist/browser/configs"
the same goes for many dynamic imports that assume the app runs inside the dist dir, i.e. the paths may be differ from the corresponding paths in the source code.
The prerender should run the same way as the original app runs i.e. from dist.
another thing, I cannot find an option to totally disable the prerendering as `prerender: false` now has no effect
### Please provide the environment you discovered this bug in (run `ng version`)
```
Angular CLI: 19.2.1
Node: 22.12.0
Package Manager: npm 10.9.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 19.2.1
... animations, build, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core
... forms, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... platform-server, router, service-worker, ssr
Package Version
------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect 0.1902.1
@angular-devkit/core 19.2.1
@angular-devkit/schematics 19.2.1
@angular/cdk 19.2.2
@angular/material 19.2.2
@schematics/angular 19.2.1
rxjs 7.8.2
typescript 5.8.2
zone.js 0.15.0
```
### Anything else?
_No response_
angular.json
```
{
"$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
"version": 1,
"newProjectRoot": "projects",
"projects": {
"cms-ui": {
"projectType": "application",
"schematics": {
"@schematics/angular:component": {
"style": "scss"
}
},
"root": "",
"sourceRoot": "src",
"prefix": "app",
"architect": {
"build": {
"builder": "@angular/build:application",
"options": {
"outputPath": "dist",
"index": "src/index.html",
"browser": "src/main.ts",
"polyfills": ["zone.js"],
"tsConfig": "tsconfig.json",
"inlineStyleLanguage": "scss",
"assets": [
"src/favicon.ico",
"src/assets",
"src/manifest.webmanifest",
"src/scripts.mjs",
"src/configs"
],
"styles": ["src/styles.scss"],
"scripts": [],
"server": "src/main.server.ts",
"outputMode": "server",
"prerender": false,
"ssr": {
"entry": "src/server.ts"
},
"serviceWorker": "ngsw-config.json",
"define": {},
"namedChunks": true,
"externalDependencies": ["#configs/*"]
},
"configurations": {
"production": {
"budgets": [
{
"type": "initial",
"maximumWarning": "2m"
},
{
"type": "anyComponentStyle",
"maximumWarning": "2kb"
}
],
"outputHashing": "all"
},
"development": {
"optimization": false,
"extractLicenses": false,
"sourceMap": true
}
},
"defaultConfiguration": "production"
},
"serve": {
"builder": "@angular/build:dev-server",
"configurations": {
"production": {
"buildTarget": "cms-ui:build:production"
},
"development": {
"buildTarget": "cms-ui:build:development"
}
},
"defaultConfiguration": "development"
},
"extract-i18n": {
"builder": "@angular/build:extract-i18n",
"options": {
"buildTarget": "cms-ui:build"
}
},
"test": {
"builder": "@angular/build:karma",
"options": {
"polyfills": ["zone.js", "zone.js/testing"],
"tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
"inlineStyleLanguage": "scss",
"assets": [
"src/favicon.ico",
"src/assets",
"src/manifest.webmanifest",
"src/scripts.mjs",
"src/configs"
],
"styles": ["src/styles.scss"],
"scripts": []
}
}
}
}
},
"cli": {
"analytics": false
}
}
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the AngularNodeAppEngine entry point from @angular/ssr/node and the src/package.json imports shown in the report, then trace how angular.json invokes server output and prerendering through src/server.ts. Verify that resolution occurs from dist rather than src, and that the documented prerender: false setting prevents prerendering.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, node.js, typescript
- Domain
- backend, build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100