fix: handle missing SANITY_API_TOKEN at build time

- Dashboard client gracefully handles missing token (returns null)
- dashboardQuery returns empty results when client unavailable
- All server actions check for client availability before mutations
- Added force-dynamic to dashboard pages to prevent SSG data fetching
- Prevents build errors when SANITY_API_TOKEN isn't set during build

Co-authored-by: dashboard <dashboard@miriad.systems>

Author: Miriad

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/content/actions.ts

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 import { dashboardClient } from "@/lib/sanity/dashboard";
 
 export async function approveIdea(id: string) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) throw new Error("Sanity client not available");
 	await dashboardClient.patch(id).set({ status: "approved" }).commit();
 	revalidatePath("/dashboard/content");
 }
 
 export async function rejectIdea(id: string) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) throw new Error("Sanity client not available");
 	await dashboardClient.patch(id).set({ status: "rejected" }).commit();
 	revalidatePath("/dashboard/content");
 }

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/content/page.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
 import { dashboardQuery } from "@/lib/sanity/dashboard";
 import { ContentIdeasTable } from "./content-ideas-table";
 

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/page.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
 import { SectionCards } from "@/components/section-cards"
 
 export default function DashboardPage() {

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/sponsors/actions.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 import { dashboardClient } from "@/lib/sanity/dashboard";
 
 export async function updateLeadStatus(id: string, status: string) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) throw new Error("Sanity client not available");
 	await dashboardClient.patch(id).set({ status }).commit();
 	revalidatePath("/dashboard/sponsors");
 }

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/sponsors/page.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
 import { dashboardQuery } from "@/lib/sanity/dashboard";
 import { Tabs, TabsContent, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
 import { SponsorLeadsTable } from "./sponsor-leads-table";

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/videos/actions.ts

@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 import { dashboardClient } from "@/lib/sanity/dashboard";
 
 export async function regenerateScript(id: string) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) throw new Error("Sanity client not available");
 	await dashboardClient.patch(id).set({ status: "draft" }).commit();
 	revalidatePath("/dashboard/videos");
 }
 
 export async function retryRender(id: string) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) throw new Error("Sanity client not available");
 	await dashboardClient.patch(id).set({ status: "video_gen" }).commit();
 	revalidatePath("/dashboard/videos");
 }
 
 export async function publishAnyway(id: string) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) throw new Error("Sanity client not available");
 	await dashboardClient
 		.patch(id)
 		.set({ status: "published" })

app/(dashboard)/dashboard/videos/page.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
 import { dashboardQuery } from "@/lib/sanity/dashboard";
 import { VideosTable } from "./videos-table";
 

lib/sanity/dashboard.ts

@@ -1,26 +1,43 @@
-import { createClient } from "@sanity/client";
+import { createClient, type SanityClient } from "@sanity/client";
 import { projectId, dataset, apiVersion } from "@/sanity/lib/api";
 
 /**
  * Server-side Sanity client for dashboard operations.
  * Uses SANITY_API_TOKEN for authenticated read/write access.
  * No CDN (fresh data), no stega (no preview encoding).
+ *
+ * Returns null if SANITY_API_TOKEN is not set (e.g., during build).
  */
-export const dashboardClient = createClient({
-	projectId,
-	dataset,
-	apiVersion,
-	useCdn: false,
-	token: process.env.SANITY_API_TOKEN,
-});
+function createDashboardClient(): SanityClient | null {
+	const token = process.env.SANITY_API_TOKEN;
+	if (!token) {
+		console.warn(
+			"SANITY_API_TOKEN not set — dashboard queries will return empty results",
+		);
+		return null;
+	}
+	return createClient({
+		projectId,
+		dataset,
+		apiVersion,
+		useCdn: false,
+		token,
+	});
+}
+
+export const dashboardClient = createDashboardClient();
 
 /**
  * Fetch documents with a GROQ query using the dashboard client.
+ * Returns empty/default result if client is not available.
  */
 export async function dashboardQuery<T = unknown>(
 	query: string,
 	params?: Record<string, unknown>,
 ): Promise<T> {
+	if (!dashboardClient) {
+		return (Array.isArray([] as unknown as T) ? [] : 0) as T;
+	}
 	return dashboardClient.fetch<T>(query, params ?? {});
 }
 
@@ -31,5 +48,8 @@ export async function dashboardPatch(
 	id: string,
 	operations: Record<string, unknown>,
 ) {
+	if (!dashboardClient) {
+		throw new Error("SANITY_API_TOKEN not set — cannot perform mutations");
+	}
 	return dashboardClient.patch(id).set(operations).commit();
 }