## What
Set `ENV NODE_ENV=production` in the `twenty-server` Docker stage
(inherited by `twenty-server-aws` and `twenty`).
## Why — root cause of the empty verification emails
Verification emails have been delivered with an **empty body** in
deployed environments — the subject renders ("Bienvenue chez Twenty :
Veuillez confirmer votre email") but the HTML is `<!DOCTYPE
…><!--$!--><template></template><!--/$-->`, an **errored React Suspense
boundary**. Prod logs showed:
```
TypeError: dispatcher.getOwner is not a function
```
Chain:
1. The prod server stages never set `NODE_ENV`, so at runtime it's
**unset** → React loads its **development** builds.
2. Since the **React 18→19 upgrade** (#21531), React 19's dev JSX
runtime calls `dispatcher.getOwner()` (React 18's did not — which is why
this is a recent regression).
3. That call throws in the server runtime → the email React tree throws
during SSR → `@react-email/render` (which streams without an `onError`)
swallows it into an errored `<Suspense>` boundary → the body ships
empty. The subject is unaffected because it's built without React.
Production React never tracks owner, so `jsx()` never calls `getOwner` —
setting `NODE_ENV=production` removes the failing code path entirely.
It's also simply the correct prod configuration (dev React builds are
slower and emit dev-only behavior).
## Scope / safety
- Only the prod runtime stages are affected. The dev image
(`twenty-app-dev`) keeps its own `NODE_ENV=development`.
- Verified the deployed image currently bakes `NODE_ENV=[]` (unset) and
has a single, matched `react`/`react-dom` 19.2.7 — so this is a mode
issue, not a duplicate-React issue.
## Related
- Mitigation already in place: twentyhq/twenty-infra#729 disables email
verification on prod-eu meanwhile (revert once this ships).
- Diagnostic logging: #21628 (can be reverted after this lands).
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