fix(nextjs): preserve absolute Windows standalone links safely

[AmanVarshney01]

Summary

• recognize absolute package links emitted by Next.js standalone builds on Windows
• stage the exact trusted target from Next's declared outputFileTracingRoot
• rewrite the copied link to a relative link whose target stays inside the assembled bundle
• continue rejecting dangling links and targets outside the declared trace root

Problem

Next.js can emit absolute package links in .next/standalone on Windows. Composer copied those links verbatim, so the assembled artifact retained a build-machine path such as:

bundle/<app>/.next/node_modules/pg-<hash> -> C:\...\<app>\node_modules\pg

The security validator correctly rejected that link because it escaped the deploy bundle, producing ASSEMBLE.BUILD_FAILED. All six structured Windows assembly failures in the current create-prisma@0.11.2 telemetry were Next.js.

Fix

Composer already trusts only targets proven to remain inside Next's declared trace root. For an absolute link inside that boundary, assembly now stages the exact target at its corresponding path under bundle/ and rewrites the link as a relative in-bundle link.

This preserves the build's symlink topology and the ADR-0047 security boundary:

• no link is dereferenced
• no external path is copied
• no build-machine absolute path ships
• links outside the trace root remain hard errors

Verification

• Next.js assembly suite: 11 passed
• @internal/nextjs typecheck
• repository dependency/architecture lint
• includes regression coverage for both trusted absolute links and rejected external targets
• Windows real-project verification passed: create-prisma@pr84 scaffold, npm install, Next build, Composer assembly, and standalone entry validation (run)

The Windows diagnostic workflow was temporary and is not part of this PR.

Current CLI re-verification (September 10)

Updated against latest main, resolving the overlap with copyTreeVerbatim and Windows directory-link repair while preserving both fixes.

Native Windows run with create-prisma@0.11.7, npm, Node 24.16.0, and TypeScript authoring: https://github.com/prisma/composer/actions/runs/34456797756

• Next.js scaffold and build succeeded. Published Composer failed assembly because the absolute pg symlink escaped the bundle.
• Installing the PR Composer build and assembling that same Next.js output succeeded.
• Minimal scaffold/build/assembly succeeded with both published and PR Composer. Its separate telemetry failure is not reproduced here.
• Local Next.js typecheck and all 14 assembly tests passed after the main merge.
• Removed the temporary diagnostic workflow and script after recording results. No new workflow remains.

This verifies assembly, not a fresh production deployment; the five recent Windows Next.js telemetry failures have the same stage but no raw message, so exact attribution remains limited.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Next.js standalone bundles now support absolute symbolic links to files within the traced application.
  • Nested links are repaired and preserved with in-bundle paths, including their linked content.
  • Linked sources are included in bundle watching.
  • Bundle assembly prevents existing paths from shadowing linked targets.

• Bug Fixes

  • Absolute links targeting files outside the declared tracing root are rejected during assembly.

Walkthrough

Next.js standalone bundle assembly now stages absolute symlinks whose targets remain inside the tracing root. It copies target payloads, rewrites symlinks to relative in-bundle paths, preserves occupied bundle paths, and adds staged sources to bundle watch paths. Assembly rejects absolute symlinks that target directories outside the tracing root. Integration tests cover these behaviors.

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 01803

Next.js standalone assembly now relocates trusted absolute package links into the bundle while rejecting unsafe targets, avoiding build-machine paths and preserving bundle contents. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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