Uncached data was accessed outside of <Suspense> — Clerk on Next.js 16 cacheComponents: put ClerkProvider inside <body>
Uncached data was accessed outside of <Suspense>
- <ClerkProvider>
- <html lang="en">
- <body>{children}</body>
- </html>
- </ClerkProvider>
+ <html lang="en">
+ <body>
+ <ClerkProvider>{children}</ClerkProvider>
+ </body>
+ </html>
If the error persists, also wrap ClerkProvider in <Suspense>.
Symptom
With cacheComponents: true in a Next.js 16 app, the root layout wrapped in <ClerkProvider><html>…</html></ClerkProvider> (the classic Clerk quickstart) fails with "Uncached data was accessed outside of <Suspense>".
Cause
Under Cache Components, request-time data has to be read inside a Suspense boundary. ClerkProvider reads auth state per request, so it can't wrap <html>. Clerk's Core 3 guide says ClerkProvider "must be positioned inside <body> rather than wrapping <html>". Core 3 (@clerk/nextjs 7) also requires Next.js 15.2.8+ (16.0.10+ on 16) and drops Next 13/14.
Verify
next build completes without the uncached-data error, and the signed-in state still renders.
Sources
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