CSS not rendering on Vercel deploy, but works locally

[ms-solly]

Hi everyone,
I’m having an issue where my Next.js + Tailwind project renders CSS fine locally, but when I deploy to Vercel, the styles are missing.
Here’s what I’ve tried / observed:

• Framework: ts-nextjs-tailwind-starter
• Repo: my project
• Local dev (pnpm dev) → works fine, CSS loads correctly.
• On Vercel build logs:
  • It compiles successfully (✓ Compiled successfully in 5.0s)
  • But I get warnings:

    Ignored build scripts: @tailwindcss/oxide, sharp, unrs-resolver.
    Run "pnpm approve-builds" to pick which dependencies should be allowed to run scripts.
    

• I tried:
  • Running pnpm approve-builds locally (but it says no packages awaiting approval).
  • Switching package managers (npm, yarn).
  • Editing pnpm-lock.yaml to manually allow buildScripts for @tailwindcss/oxide, sharp, and unrs-resolver.
  • Deleting husky (was part of the starter template).
• Still, the deployed site has no Tailwind styles.
  System info:
• OS: Arch Linux
• pnpm: v10.14.0 (used on Vercel too)
• Next.js: v15.5.2
• TailwindCSS: latest (via starter template)
  Has anyone run into this issue with pnpm build script approvals on Vercel?
  Do I need to configure vercel.json, postinstall, or something in pnpm-workspace.yaml for Tailwind’s oxide binary to run?
  Any help would be much appreciated

[techchintan (Chintan)]

Hey @ms-solly,

Welcome to the Vercel community!

Quick question: are you using the .npmrc file by any chance?

After reviewing the error message above, I wasn’t able to gather all the required information.

Let’s discuss this in more detail.

Best,
Chintan

[chintan.com]

[ms-solly]

yeah, i just saw i am using it. its deprecated now, that might be causing conflicts ? should i dlt it?

[ms-solly]

i dlted it and still css not rendered . what might be issue?

[ms-solly]

hey i redeployed it and its working now . thanks

[pawlean (Pauline P. Narvas)]

Thanks for jumping in here, @techchintan!