cannot run the app on production mode

[ferchoz]

Hello i can't run the default app in production mode.
steps to reproduce:
npx sao@1 -u nuxt-community/nuxt7 nuxt7-app
cd nuxt7-app
yarn build
yarn run start

Output:
yarn run v1.17.3
$ nuxt start

FATAL No build files found in /nuxt7-app/.nuxt/dist/server. 09:14:55
Use either nuxt build or builder.build() or start nuxt in development mode.

Use either nuxt build or builder.build() or start nuxt in development mode.
at VueRenderer._ready (node_modules/@nuxt/vue-renderer/dist/vue-renderer.js:4215:13)
at async Server.ready (node_modules/@nuxt/server/dist/server.js:606:5)
at async Nuxt._init (node_modules/@nuxt/core/dist/core.js:647:7)

╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ ✖ Nuxt Fatal Error │
│ │
│ Error: No build files found in /nuxt7-app/.nuxt/dist/server. │
│ Use either nuxt build or builder.build() or start nuxt in development mode. │
│ │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[cip8]

I experienced a similar error when trying to start my nuxt project.

For those that might have a similar issue, check to see if it's not caused by one of your dependencies. In my case it happened because fibers ^5.0.0 cannot run on node 16+ yet. So the fix for me was to temporarily downgrade node from 16.3 to 15.14.