Hello,
I'm using Firebase to host my next 16.2.6 application.
When firebase-admin is installed, I'm unable to deploy:
[2026-05-18T08:04:51.892Z] Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'C:\web-app\node_modules\firebase-admin' -> 'C:\web-app.firebase\testproject-eb4a2\functions.next\node_modules\firebase-admin-a14c8a5423a75469'
Error: An unexpected error has occurred.
I understand that it tries to create a symlink, but I'm unable to execute this as I'm not an admin of my laptop, and we have the same problem for my whole team.
It would like to avoid creating symlink, and deploy my app the old way... it worked fine with next.15.
Please help me how to properly deploy next.16 with firebase-admin installed.
Thank you!
Zoltán
Dependencies:
...
"firebase": "^12.13.0",
"firebase-admin": "^13.10.0",
"next": "^16.2.6",
"react": "^19.2.6",
"react-dom": "^19.2.6",
...
Hello,
I'm using Firebase to host my next 16.2.6 application.
When firebase-admin is installed, I'm unable to deploy:
[2026-05-18T08:04:51.892Z] Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'C:\web-app\node_modules\firebase-admin' -> 'C:\web-app.firebase\testproject-eb4a2\functions.next\node_modules\firebase-admin-a14c8a5423a75469'
Error: An unexpected error has occurred.
I understand that it tries to create a symlink, but I'm unable to execute this as I'm not an admin of my laptop, and we have the same problem for my whole team.
It would like to avoid creating symlink, and deploy my app the old way... it worked fine with next.15.
Please help me how to properly deploy next.16 with firebase-admin installed.
Thank you!
Zoltán
Dependencies:
...
"firebase": "^12.13.0",
"firebase-admin": "^13.10.0",
"next": "^16.2.6",
"react": "^19.2.6",
"react-dom": "^19.2.6",
...