<a-steps> SSR hydration error in Nuxt 3: "Cannot set/read properties of null"

[NuwanDhanushka]

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Version

4.2.6

Environment

Nuxt: 3.13.0 ant-design-vue: 4.2.6 Node: v20.18.0 OS: macOS 14.5 Package manager: npm 11.2.0

Reproduction link

Steps to reproduce

Open the CodeSandbox link.
Look at pages/index.vue where is used.
Refresh or interact with the page.
Observe the console error:
Cannot set properties of null (setting '__vnode') or Cannot read properties of null (reading 'nodeType')
Wrapping in does not fix it; disabling SSR in nuxt.config does.

What is expected?

should render properly in a standard Nuxt 3 SSR environment without throwing hydration errors.

What is actually happening?

When using in a Nuxt 3 project with SSR enabled, the application throws a hydration error in the browser console

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