Enable Next `output: 'standalone'` and rewrite the Dockerfile to package only the traced standalone server + .next/static + public on node:20-slim (glibc, matching the runner), running `node server.js`. No in-image npm ci, no full source or dependency tree. Cuts the image ~52%, so docker push and the server pull get much faster.
Also fixes a latent entrypoint bug (${VAR:"none"} -> ${VAR:-"none"}) that busybox sh tolerated but Debian dash (node:20-slim /bin/sh) rejects, which would otherwise crash the container on boot.
Smoke-tested via isolated build + docker run: boots in 37ms, all routes 200, redirects still bundled (/slack-url -> 307), static + public assets served, DocSearch env-injection intact.
Move `npm run build` out of the Docker image onto the runner, where actions/cache persists .next/cache across runs (the in-Docker build discarded it every time). The image now just packages the prebuilt .next and serves it with `next start`; runtime and the DocSearch entrypoint injection are unchanged.
Also: checkout full history (fetch-depth: 0) so per-page dates are correct, guard buildGitDateMap against shallow clones (correct-or-absent, never wrong), modernise the Docker actions (build-push-action v6, provenance: false), and add a path-filtered pull_request trigger so pipeline changes are validated before merge.
Smoke-tested via isolated build + docker run: serves /, /introduction, /api, sitemap, static assets (200); DocSearch placeholder injection intact.
Switch pr-build and the Docker image from `npm install` to `npm ci` (`npm ci --omit=dev` in the image), and enable setup-node's npm cache. Deterministic installs from the committed lockfile; CI now fails fast on an out-of-sync lockfile.
Depends on the lockfile being tracked (PR #838) — npm ci requires a committed package-lock.json.