2026-08-18 — Shared production Convex until release

Summary

Local next dev and Vercel Preview/Development use the same Convex data as Production. Preview builds no longer convex deploy (that would push functions onto the live backend). CONVEX_DEPLOY_KEY stays Production-only.

Highlights

  • pnpm build:vercel (vercel-build.mjs): production still convex deploy + Next.js; other Vercel envs build Next.js only and require NEXT_PUBLIC_CONVEX_URL.

  • Docs: Convex setup and the Next.js deployment guide match this until-release policy.