Output export and distDir in the config file will crash the dev server (Ver 14.1)

[leo-budgetsimple]

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/leo-budgetsimple/nextjs-bug

To Reproduce

Copy over the repo

Start the application on dev (npm run dev)

Go to localhost:3000

You should see the text 'Hello'

but instead you get:
missing required error components, refreshing...

Current vs. Expected behavior

Current Behavior:

Cannot run development server, this error appears on the screen:

missing required error components, refreshing...

Expected Behaviour

To be able to run the dev server.

Provide environment information

Operating System:
  Platform: linux
  Arch: x64
  Version: #15~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jan 12 18:54:30 UTC 2
Binaries:
  Node: 18.19.0
  npm: 10.2.3
  Yarn: N/A
  pnpm: N/A
Relevant Packages:
  next: 14.1.1-canary.47 // Latest available version is detected (14.1.1-canary.47).
  eslint-config-next: N/A
  react: 18.2.0
  react-dom: 18.2.0
  typescript: 5.1.3
Next.js Config:
  output: export

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

Static HTML Export (output: "export")

Which stage(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

next dev (local)

Additional context

This happened after I upgraded to NextJs 14.1.

Doesn't happen with old versions.

If I remove distDir the dev server works as intended, same as if I remove the output: export

[drmahikbov]

Would love to have some feedback, I got the same problem on my frontend react strapi website

[atstoyanov]

I have the same issue the dev server is looking for build/server/middleware-manifest.json instead of .next/server/middleware-manifest.json

[ijjk]

Closing as this is fixed in latest canary of Next.js, x-ref: #61105 (comment)

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