Control which Node packages stay external to the Server Component bundle and run with native APIs.
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Server Components and external packages — what does `serverComponentsExternalPackages` do?
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serverComponentsExternalPackages tells Next not to bundle heavy/native Node packages into the RSC graph — they run as external Node requires, fixing native addon errors.
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