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Angular v19 prerender uses the wrong package.json

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angular/build:application area: @angular/build area: @angular/ssr freq1: low type: bug/fix
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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

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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

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