Storybook: When start script is using NODE_ENV=production , the storybook is not able to navigate between each component

[stanleyyuenyiu]

Describe the bug
storybook/react v6.0.28 : When start script is using NODE_ENV=production , the storybook is not able to navigate between each component

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. define startup script in package json with below command

"scripts": {
 "storybook": "NODE_ENV=production start-storybook  -p 6006"
}

1. run below command in terminal
   yarn run storybook

2. open http://localhost:6006 in your browser

3. navigate between each component or different component story by clicking the left menu

Expected behavior
Storybook are able to navigate to the target component or the target component's story

Screenshots

Above image show that the url has already change to second story, but the screen and the active menu item still keep on the first story

[shilman]

If you're running 6.0, try running with --no-dll. Otherwise try upgrading to 6.1:

npx sb upgrade --prerelease

[stanleyyuenyiu]

Thanks, --no-dll solve the issue, we can close the issue, but may i know why --no-dll solve the issue?

[shilman]

@stanleyyuenyiu The short answer is I don't actually know why --no-dll solves it. The long answer is that --no-dll disables webpack DLLs, which can sometimes cause library version mismatches (e.g. user code is running React 17 and DLL is running React 16), and this can cause difficult-to-debug runtime errors. We are getting rid of webpack DLLs completely in 6.1: #12637