Server action works locally, production just says 'An error occurred in the Server Components render'

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Admin page, button calls a server action that creates an invite. Locally fine. On Vercel the toast shows:

Error: An error occurred in the Server Components render. The specific message is omitted in production builds to avoid leaking sensitive details. A digest property is included on this error instance which may provide additional details about the nature of the error.

How do I even debug this when it hides the message?

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Added console.log in the action, can't find where it goes. Redeployed with a clean cache.

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Check the function logs in the Vercel dashboard, the real error is there. tom_brewer last month · edited

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mei_linlast month · edited

The real message is in your server logs, it's only hidden from the browser. Vercel dashboard → your project → Logs, filter on the time you clicked. Your console.log output is there too. The digest in the browser error matches a line in the logs if there are many.

My blind guess for "works locally, fails on Vercel, admin action": you use SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY in that action and it's only in .env.local, not in Vercel's env vars (or only set for Preview).

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Logs said supabaseKey is required. Service role key was in .env.local only. Added it in Vercel for Production, redeployed, works. Didn't know Logs existed, honestly. astrid_n last month · edited

Double check it has no NEXT_PUBLIC_ prefix while you're there. That key must never reach the browser. amir_h last month · edited

gus_fullstacklast month · edited

For next time: wrap the action body in try/catch and return { error: 'something readable' } instead of throwing. You decide what the user sees, and you log the real error server-side.

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chidi_ezelast month · edited

Also note: that error text is generic. Anything thrown in a server component or action in production looks like this, so don't read too much into the wording. The log line is what matters.

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