Merge pull request #227037 from craigshoemaker/patch-15

[Static Web Apps] Add Output File Tracing

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/static-web-apps/deploy-nextjs-hybrid.md

@@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ Begin by adding an API route.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/deploy-nextjs/nextjs-api-route-display.png" alt-text="Display the output from the API route":::
 
+## Enable standalone feature
+
+When your application size exceeds 100Mb, the Next.js [Output File Tracing](https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing) feature helps optimize the app size and enhance performance.
+
+Output File Tracing creates a compressed version of the whole application with necessary package dependencies built into a folder named *.next/standalone*. This folder is meant to deploy on its own without additional *node_modules* dependencies.
+
+In order to enable the `standalone` feature, add the following additional property to your `next.config.js`:
+```bash
+module.exports ={
+    output:"standalone",
+}
+```
+
 ## Enable logging for Next.js
 
 Following best practices for Next.js server API troubleshooting, add logging to the API to catch these errors. Logging on Azure uses **Application Insights**. In order to preload this SDK, you need to create a custom start up script. To learn more: