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Uncached data was accessed outside of `<Suspense>`: new Next.js 16.4 apps ship with cacheComponents enabled

next@16.4create-next-app@16.4#nextjs#cache-components#suspense#use-cache#prerender
Uncached data was accessed outside of `<Suspense>`
Fix

Either cache the data:

import { cacheTag, cacheLife } from 'next/cache'
async function getRecentArticles() {
  'use cache'
  cacheTag('articles')
  cacheLife('hours')
  return db.query(...)
}

or stream it behind a fallback:

import { Suspense } from 'react'
export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Suspense fallback={<TransactionSkeleton />}>
      <TransactionList />{/* awaits cookies()/db inside */}
    </Suspense>
  )
}

Move cookies()/headers() reads down into the component that needs them, inside the boundary. During a migration you can defer a route with export const instant = false on the segment that raised the error. Sync IO in the prerendered shell (new Date(), Math.random(), crypto.randomUUID()) still fails the build, so move it behind await connection() inside Suspense or into a Client Component. To opt out entirely, set cacheComponents: false in next.config.

Symptom

In a project created with create-next-app on Next.js 16.4 or later, ordinary App Router code that worked in older tutorials fails in dev and next build with "Uncached data was accessed outside of <Suspense>" (https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/blocking-route). Typical triggers are awaiting params/searchParams in a page or layout, calling cookies()/headers()/connection(), or a fetch/DB query not marked "use cache", all with no parent <Suspense>. Agents assume App Router pages are statically or implicitly cached the 13–15 way.

Cause

Next.js 16.4 (2026-10-06): "all new apps created with create-next-app will have Cache Components enabled by default" (cacheComponents: true, partialPrefetching: true). Under Cache Components, async data is treated as per-request unless cached with "use cache", and request-time work must sit under a Suspense boundary so Next.js can prerender a static shell. Next.js says this model becomes the default in Next.js 17.

Verify

next build completes. If the error appears only in CI, next build --debug-prerender names the failing component.

Sources

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