Conductor output for the highest-priority convoy in the launch
sequence. Closes P0 ship-blocker #8 from .convoys/ship-readiness.md.
Vercel is currently refusing to deploy any branch (including main)
due to a CVE in next@15.4.3 ("Vulnerable version of Next.js
detected"). Last successful main deploy: 2025-08-01. Until this
convoy lands, every downstream preview-smoke / visual-diff gate is
non-functional.
Classification: feature
Skip: ia, ux, flag
Next role: role-architect
Routing straight to architect (IA + UX skipped — no information
architecture or UX change). Architect reads the Next 15 → 16
migration guide and produces 1–3 briefs covering the bump itself,
any required code migrations (likely next.config.js
images.domains → images.remotePatterns), and Vercel preview
verification.
Audit cohort (post-PR draft, /multitask group):
reviewer + design-system-auditor + a11y-auditor
Out of scope here (own convoys):
- React 18 → 19 bump → bump-react (if/when desired)
- App Router migration → out of horizon
- @playwright/test install → adopt-playwright-smoke
- ESLint baseline cleanup → fix-lint-baseline
Convoy file: .convoys/bump-next-js.md
Analytics: emitted via scripts/log-convoy-event.sh
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
The throwaway bootstrap PR exposed three pre-existing issues that
weren't visible before the pipeline was installed:
1. ESLint had no config (`.eslintrc.json` missing) even though the
`lint` script and deps were both present. `next lint` was prompting
interactively in CI. Added `.eslintrc.json` extending
`next/core-web-vitals` (Next.js Strict).
2. Running lint surfaced ~100 pre-existing errors, including several
real bugs (conditional React hook calls in components/pages).
Marked the CI lint job `continue-on-error: true` with an explicit
TODO so PRs aren't blocked while a follow-up convoy
(fix-lint-baseline) cleans up the codebase. Lint output is still
visible in PR logs.
3. Vercel is platform-blocking every deployment with "Vulnerable
version of Next.js detected" — locked at 15.4.3, latest is 16.2.6.
The last successful Vercel deploy on main was 2025-08-01. Until
Next.js is bumped, every preview-smoke / visual-diff gate is
non-functional. Added as P0 #8 with a new `bump-next-js` convoy at
the front of the launch sequence.
Updated `.convoys/ship-readiness.md`:
- P0 #8: Vercel deploy blocked by Next.js CVE
- P1 #11.5: pre-existing lint baseline
- Launch sequence: prepend `bump-next-js` at step 0, add
`fix-lint-baseline` at step 3.5
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
