Issues with D3 Node Clicks in Production on Vercel

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Hello everyone,

I’m experiencing an issue with my project where D3.js node clicks work perfectly in my local development environment but become unresponsive when deployed to production on Vercel. I’ve tried isolating the problem and building the project on my local machine, where it works without any issues. However, the problem persists on Vercel’s servers.

Here are some details about my setup:

  • Development Environment: Node clicks work as expected.
  • Production Environment: Node clicks are disabled.
  • Build Logs: The build completes successfully with some ESLint warnings and a dependency warning related to babel-preset-react-app.

Steps Taken:

  • Checked environment variables.
  • Reviewed build logs for errors.
  • Ensured consistent dependency versions.
  • Investigated potential differences in build processes.

I’m looking for any insights or suggestions on what might be causing this issue and how to resolve it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi, @hook12aaa! Welcome to the Vercel Community :smile:

After doing some digging, it looks like D3.js requires client-side rendering, so you need to ensure it only runs in the browser environment when deployed on Vercel, which uses server-side rendering by default.

To ensure D3.js runs only on the client side when deployed on Vercel, you can use the ‘use client’ directive and dynamic imports. Something like:

'use client'

import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
import * as d3 from 'd3'

...

This makes sure that the D3.js code only runs on the client side, avoiding any server-side rendering issues on Vercel. It would be helpful if you have a minimal reproducible example you could share with us in case this isn’t the issue :pray: