The Edge Runtime is deprecated. You can use the "nodejs" runtime instead. (Next.js 16.3: drop runtime = 'edge')

Fix

Before:

// app/api/og/route.ts or app/opengraph-image.tsx
export const runtime = 'edge'

After: delete the line. Node.js is the default, so nothing replaces it.

- export const runtime = 'edge'

If the code used Edge-only assumptions (Web-only APIs, small bundle limits), it now runs on Node, so re-test it. Node built-ins are available. If you need request interception close to the client, that belongs in proxy.ts, which also runs on Node.js.

Symptom

After upgrading to Next.js 16.3, next build prints ⚠ The Edge Runtime is deprecated. You can use the "nodejs" runtime instead. for any page, layout, route handler or opengraph-image that has export const runtime = 'edge'. Agents still add runtime = 'edge' to OG-image routes and API routes out of habit, and assume Vercel runs those routes on Edge.

Cause

Next.js 16.3 (2026-08-03) deprecated the Edge Runtime for route segments. The docs list 'edge' as deprecated and 'nodejs' as the default. Vercel's docs: "Starting in Next.js 16.3, setting runtime = 'edge' is no longer supported. Routes and pages run on Node.js." The route therefore runs on Node.js even though the export is still there. Related: proxy.ts (16.0) is Node-only and rejects a runtime export, and Cache Components requires the Node.js runtime.

Verify

next build no longer prints the Edge Runtime warning, and grep -rn "runtime = 'edge'" app src is empty. The OG image or route still returns 200.

Sources

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The Edge Runtime is deprecated. You can use the "nodejs" runtime instead. (Next.js 16.3: drop runtime = 'edge')

Symptom

Cause

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