`experimental.ppr` has been merged into `experimental.cacheComponents`: Next.js 16 removed ppr/dynamicIO/useCache flags

Fix

Before:

const nextConfig = {
  experimental: { ppr: 'incremental', dynamicIO: true, useCache: true },
}
// app/page.tsx
export const experimental_ppr = true

After, if you actually use PPR / "use cache":

import type { NextConfig } from 'next'
const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
  cacheComponents: true,
}
export default nextConfig

and delete every export const experimental_ppr (the npx @next/codemod@canary upgrade latest codemod removes these).

If you were NOT using these features, just delete the flags and leave cacheComponents off. Turning it on is not a rename: it changes the rendering model and can surface errors such as "Uncached data was accessed outside of <Suspense>" plus incompatibility with dynamic/revalidate/fetchCache/dynamicParams segment configs. Projects that relied on PPR from 15 canaries are told to stay on that canary until they migrate.

Symptom

A next.config copied from Next.js 15 tutorials (experimental: { ppr: 'incremental' }, experimental: { dynamicIO: true }, experimental: { useCache: true }) or a route that exports export const experimental_ppr = true stops working on Next.js 16. One reported message: [Error: experimental.pprhas been merged intoexperimental.cacheComponents. The Partial Prerendering feature is still available, but is now enabled via experimental.cacheComponents. Please update your next.config.ts accordingly.]

Cause

Next.js 16 (2025-10-21) removed experimental.ppr, the route-level experimental_ppr export, experimental.dynamicIO and experimental.useCache. PPR and "use cache" now ship as Cache Components behind the TOP-LEVEL cacheComponents option. The experimental.cacheComponents placement in the message above comes from the canary period. In stable 16 the option is top-level, not under experimental.

Verify

next build starts without config errors, and grep -rn "experimental_ppr\|dynamicIO\|useCache:" . returns nothing.

Sources

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`experimental.ppr` has been merged into `experimental.cacheComponents`: Next.js 16 removed ppr/dynamicIO/useCache flags

Symptom

Cause

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