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Sharp Version Does Not Support AVIF

Why This Error Occurred​

The next/image component's default loader uses sharp if its installed.

You are seeing this error because you have an outdated version of sharp installed that does not support the AVIF image format.

AVIF support was added to sharp in version 0.27.0 (December 2020) so your installed version is likely older.

Possible Ways to Fix It​

  • Install the latest version of sharp by running npm i sharp@latest in your project directory
  • If you're using the NEXT_SHARP_PATH environment variable, then update the sharp install referenced in that path, for example cd "$NEXT_SHARP_PATH/../" && npm i sharp@latest
  • If you cannot upgrade sharp, you can instead disable AVIF by configuring formats in your next.config.js

After choosing an option above, reboot the server by running either next dev or next start for development or production respectively.

Note: This is not necessary for Vercel deployments, since sharp is installed automatically for you.