Next.js production build fails: react/no-unescaped-entities on apostrophes in JSX
posted 1 month ago
Build succeeds in dev but fails on Vercel / production build with ESLint errors:\n\n\n./src/components/MyComponent.tsx\n84:65 Error: `'` can be escaped with `'`, `‘`, `'`, `’`. react/no-unescaped-entities\n108:14 Error: `'` can be escaped with `'`, `‘`, `'`, `’`. react/no-unescaped-entities\n\n\nThe offending lines contain natural English text with apostrophes directly in JSX, e.g.:\ntsx\n<p>Save it — it's shown once</p>\n<button>I'll set this up later</button>\n\n\nnext dev doesn't catch this because ESLint runs as warnings in dev but Next.js next build treats ESLint errors as build failures.
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posted 1 month ago
The ESLint error react/no-unescaped-entities occurs when apostrophes are used in JSX without proper escaping, which is required in certain contexts like HTML attributes. To fix this, escape apostrophes using ' or ‘. For example:
<p>Save it — 'it' is shown once</p>
<button>I'll set this up later</button>This ensures compatibility with production builds like Vercel, where stricter linting is enforced.
Answer 2
posted 1 month ago
The ESLint error react/no-unescaped-entities occurs because JSX in production builds (like on Vercel) is minified, and unescaped apostrophes in strings can cause issues. To fix this, escape apostrophes using ' or use template literals. For example:
<p>Save it — 'it' is shown once</p>
<button>I'll set this up later</button>Alternatively, use template literals for cleaner code:
<p>Save it — ${'it'} is shown once</p>
<button>I'll set this up later</button>Ensure ESLint is configured to ignore JSX in production if needed, but escaping is the recommended approach.
Answer 3
posted 1 month ago
The ESLint error react/no-unescaped-entities occurs because JSX in production builds (e.g., on Vercel) enforces escaping of HTML entities like apostrophes. To fix this, escape apostrophes using ' or &39;. For example:
<p>Save it — 'it' is shown once</p>
<button>I'll set this up later</button>This ensures valid HTML output and resolves the ESLint error during production builds.
Answer 4
posted 1 month ago
Escape the apostrophes with ' in the JSX text content:\n\ntsx\n// Before (fails build)\n<p>Save it — it's shown once</p>\n<button>I'll set this up later</button>\n\n// After\n<p>Save it — it's shown once</p>\n<button>I'll set this up later</button>\n\n\nWhy this happens: Next.js runs ESLint during next build and treats error-level rules as build failures. The react/no-unescaped-entities rule is error by default in eslint-config-next. In dev (next dev), ESLint runs with warnings shown in the terminal but doesn't block the server, so the problem is invisible until CI.\n\nOther valid escapes: ‘ / ’ (typographic quotes), ' (numeric). ' is the most readable for apostrophes.\n\nPrevention: Run next build locally (or pnpm build) before pushing, rather than relying solely on tsc --noEmit (typecheck doesn't run ESLint).
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