Output file tracing - server.js compression false

[thomasledoux1]

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Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: x64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.6.0: Tue Oct 12 18:33:42 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.141.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Binaries:
  Node: 16.11.0
  npm: 8.0.0
  Yarn: N/A
  pnpm: N/A
Relevant packages:
  next: 12.0.8
  react: 17.0.2
  react-dom: 17.0.2

What version of Next.js are you using?

12.0.8

What version of Node.js are you using?

16.11.0

What browser are you using?

Chrome

What operating system are you using?

macOS

How are you deploying your application?

Docker on Azure

Describe the Bug

We are currently using the automatic copying of traced files from the output standalone (https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing#automatically-copying-traced-files-experimental).
This is working great so far.
We are using the generated server.js to serve our application.
However, we noticed our resources were not being compressed automatically anymore, which was the case when we were still using next start before.
When I have a look in the server.js file which is generated, I noticed that the compress configuration option was false by default.
Is there a way to overwrite this?
Wouldn't it be more logical to put compress on true by default?

Server.js contents:

process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production'
process.chdir(__dirname)
const NextServer = require('next/dist/server/next-server').default
const http = require('http')
const path = require('path')

let handler

const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
  try {
    await handler(req, res)
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(err)
    res.statusCode = 500
    res.end('internal server error')
  }
})
const currentPort = parseInt(process.env.PORT, 10) || 3000

server.listen(currentPort, err => {
  if (err) {
    console.error('Failed to start server', err)
    process.exit(1)
  }
  const addr = server.address()
  const nextServer = new NextServer({
    hostname: 'localhost',
    port: currentPort,
    dir: path.join(__dirname),
    dev: false,
    conf: {
      env: {},
      webpack: null,
      webpackDevMiddleware: null,
      eslint: {ignoreDuringBuilds: false},
      typescript: {ignoreBuildErrors: false, tsconfigPath: 'tsconfig.json'},
      distDir: './.next',
      cleanDistDir: true,
      assetPrefix: '',
      configOrigin: 'next.config.js',
      useFileSystemPublicRoutes: true,
      generateEtags: true,
      pageExtensions: ['tsx', 'ts', 'jsx', 'js'],
      target: 'server',
      poweredByHeader: true,
      compress: true,
      analyticsId: '',
      images: {
        deviceSizes: [640, 750, 828, 1080, 1200, 1920, 2048, 3840],
        imageSizes: [16, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 256, 384],
        path: '/_next/image',
        loader: 'default',
        domains: [
          'assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com',
          'preview-assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com',
        ],
        disableStaticImages: false,
        minimumCacheTTL: 60,
        formats: ['image/webp'],
      },
      devIndicators: {
        buildActivity: true,
        buildActivityPosition: 'bottom-right',
      },
      onDemandEntries: {maxInactiveAge: 15000, pagesBufferLength: 2},
      amp: {canonicalBase: ''},
      basePath: '',
      sassOptions: {},
      trailingSlash: false,
      i18n: {defaultLocale: 'en', locales: ['en', 'nl']},
      productionBrowserSourceMaps: false,
      optimizeFonts: true,
      excludeDefaultMomentLocales: true,
      serverRuntimeConfig: {},
      publicRuntimeConfig: {},
      reactStrictMode: false,
      httpAgentOptions: {keepAlive: true},
      outputFileTracing: true,
      staticPageGenerationTimeout: 60,
      swcMinify: false,
      experimental: {
        cpus: 11,
        sharedPool: true,
        plugins: false,
        profiling: false,
        isrFlushToDisk: true,
        workerThreads: false,
        pageEnv: false,
        optimizeImages: false,
        optimizeCss: false,
        scrollRestoration: false,
        externalDir: false,
        reactRoot: false,
        disableOptimizedLoading: false,
        gzipSize: true,
        swcFileReading: true,
        craCompat: false,
        esmExternals: true,
        isrMemoryCacheSize: 52428800,
        concurrentFeatures: false,
        serverComponents: false,
        fullySpecified: false,
        outputFileTracingRoot: '',
        outputStandalone: true,
      },
      configFileName: 'next.config.js',
    },
  })
  handler = nextServer.getRequestHandler()

  console.log('Listening on port', currentPort)
})

Expected Behavior

I would like an option to overwrite the compress configuration, or to have compress on true by default

To Reproduce

Put this in next.config.js:

experimental: {
    outputStandalone: true,
},

Execute npm run build, and check the server.js file in .next/standalone

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