feat: split up API Routes + use .nft.json files to make builds fast

.github/workflows/e2e-appdir.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
 
+env:
+  NEXT_SPLIT_API_ROUTES: true
+
 jobs:
   setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/e2e-next.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
+env:
+  NEXT_SPLIT_API_ROUTES: true
+
 jobs:
   setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/test-integration.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  NEXT_SPLIT_API_ROUTES: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Integration tests

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  NEXT_SPLIT_API_ROUTES: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Unit tests

.gitignore

@@ -152,4 +152,6 @@ packages/*/lib
 cypress/screenshots
 
 # Test cases have node module fixtures
-!test/**/node_modules
+!test/**/node_modules
+
+/tmp

cypress/e2e/default/revalidate.cy.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('On-demand revalidation', () => {
     cy.request({ url: '/api/revalidate/?select=5', failOnStatusCode: false }).then((res) => {
       expect(res.status).to.eq(500)
       expect(res.body).to.have.property('message')
-      expect(res.body.message).to.include('Invalid response 404')
+      expect(res.body.message).to.include('could not refresh content for path /getStaticProps/withRevalidate/3/, path is not handled by an odb')
     })
   })
   it('revalidates dynamic non-prerendered ISR route with fallback blocking', () => {

packages/runtime/src/helpers/config.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import slash from 'slash'
 
 import { HANDLER_FUNCTION_NAME, IMAGE_FUNCTION_NAME, ODB_FUNCTION_NAME } from '../constants'
 
+import { splitApiRoutes } from './flags'
+import type { APILambda } from './functions'
 import type { RoutesManifest } from './types'
 import { escapeStringRegexp } from './utils'
 
@@ -98,10 +100,14 @@ export const configureHandlerFunctions = async ({
   netlifyConfig,
   publish,
   ignore = [],
+  apiLambdas,
+  featureFlags,
 }: {
   netlifyConfig: NetlifyConfig
   publish: string
   ignore: Array<string>
+  apiLambdas: APILambda[]
+  featureFlags: Record<string, unknown>
 }) => {
   const config = await getRequiredServerFiles(publish)
   const files = config.files || []
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ export const configureHandlerFunctions = async ({
     (moduleName) => !hasManuallyAddedModule({ netlifyConfig, moduleName }),
   )
 
-  ;[HANDLER_FUNCTION_NAME, ODB_FUNCTION_NAME, '_api_*'].forEach((functionName) => {
+  const configureFunction = (functionName: string) => {
     netlifyConfig.functions[functionName] ||= { included_files: [], external_node_modules: [] }
     netlifyConfig.functions[functionName].node_bundler = 'nft'
     netlifyConfig.functions[functionName].included_files ||= []
@@ -156,7 +162,22 @@ export const configureHandlerFunctions = async ({
         netlifyConfig.functions[functionName].included_files.push(`!${moduleRoot}/**/*`)
       }
     })
-  })
+  }
+
+  configureFunction(HANDLER_FUNCTION_NAME)
+  configureFunction(ODB_FUNCTION_NAME)
+
+  if (splitApiRoutes(featureFlags)) {
+    for (const apiLambda of apiLambdas) {
+      const { functionName, includedFiles } = apiLambda
+      netlifyConfig.functions[functionName] ||= { included_files: [] }
+      netlifyConfig.functions[functionName].node_bundler = 'none'
+      netlifyConfig.functions[functionName].included_files ||= []
+      netlifyConfig.functions[functionName].included_files.push(...includedFiles)
+    }
+  } else {
+    configureFunction('_api_*')
+  }
 }
 
 interface BuildHeaderParams {

packages/runtime/src/helpers/files.ts

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ export const getDependenciesOfFile = async (file: string) => {
   if (!existsSync(nft)) {
     return []
   }
-  const dependencies = await readJson(nft, 'utf8')
+  const dependencies = (await readJson(nft, 'utf8')) as { files: string[] }
   return dependencies.files.map((dep) => resolve(dirname(file), dep))
 }
 

packages/runtime/src/helpers/flags.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import destr from 'destr'
+
+/**
+ * If this flag is enabled, we generate individual Lambda functions for API Routes.
+ * They're packed together in 50mb chunks to avoid hitting the Lambda size limit.
+ *
+ * To prevent bundling times from rising,
+ * we use the "none" bundling strategy where we fully rely on Next.js' `.nft.json` files.
+ * This should to a significant speedup, but is still experimental.
+ *
+ * If disabled, we bundle all API Routes into a single function.
+ * This is can lead to large bundle sizes.
+ *
+ * Disabled by default. Can be overriden using the NEXT_SPLIT_API_ROUTES env var.
+ */
+export const splitApiRoutes = (featureFlags: Record<string, unknown>): boolean =>
+  destr(process.env.NEXT_SPLIT_API_ROUTES) ?? featureFlags.next_split_api_routes ?? false