12.3.x causes `Collecting page data` to fail during build

Verify canary release

• I verified that the issue exists in the latest Next.js canary release

Provide environment information

Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Mon Aug 22 20:20:05 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.140.49~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101
Binaries:
  Node: 18.8.0
  npm: 8.18.0
  Yarn: 1.22.19
  pnpm: N/A
Relevant packages:
  next: 12.3.1
  eslint-config-next: N/A
  react: 18.2.0
  react-dom: 18.2.0

What browser are you using? (if relevant)

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How are you deploying your application? (if relevant)

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Describe the Bug

After upgrading from 12.2.5 to 12.3.0 or 12.3.1 I started getting build errors during “Collecting page data” step. Error output includes

Generating static pages (0/3)TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'useContext') at exports.useContext
Error occurred prerendering page "/". Read more: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/prerender-error
TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'useContext')

Expected Behavior

Should build without issues

Link to reproduction

https://github.com/WalletConnect/web3modal

To Reproduce

1. Pull repository linked above
2. Inside examples/react/package.json change next.js version to 12.3.1
3. From root of the repo run npm install; npm run build

[balazsorban44]

I could confirm an issue when using npm workspaces. Likely introduced by https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/39520 since the first release containing the problem is v12.2.6-canary.0.

Switching to pnpm works, so it’s something to do with how npm workspaces handle the dependencies.

[0xAsimetriq]

Just tried again, essentially

1. Removed package lockfile from root
2. Deleted all node_modules in the project
3. Updated nextjs version to 12.3.1
4. Ran npm install (root)
5. Ran npm run build (root)

Still failing, I noticed that after install total number of packages is 178, however with next 12.2.x it is 177