I am trying to deploy the hono example project with nested routes but I keep getting the error below ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope it runs fine locally Looks like this issue reported here from march hasn’t been resolved [image] Error switching TypeScript API …

I just ran into this issue myself, the culprit is that the Hono starter has the tsconfig in the .vercelignore file so even with the correct settings, it won’t work when you deploy That’s also why your workaround by building locally worked, since the tsconfig was present in your local system even if…

Hono Node runtime won't deploy on vercel

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anthony-shew (Anthony Shew) August 1, 2025, 5:16pm 14

Hey, Arpit. Just wanted to let you know that we shipped zero-configuration Hono to Vercel today.

More info here: Introducing zero-configuration Hono backends

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