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  There are few things more frustrating in modern web development than a locally working application that explodes immediately upon deployment. If you are deploying a Next.js 14 or 15 application (specifically using the App Router) to AWS Amplify Gen 2, you have likely encountered the dreaded "Build Failed" status. The logs often point to a missing configuration module ( Cannot find module 'aws-exports'  or  amplify_outputs.json ) or a generic failure during the build phase. This guide moves beyond generic troubleshooting. We will dissect the root cause of the specific conflict between the Next.js build artifact structure and the Amplify CI/CD pipeline, and provide the precise  amplify.yml  configurations and code adjustments required to fix it. The Root Cause: The "Chicken and Egg" Config Problem To solve this, you must understand the architecture of an Amplify Gen 2 deployment. In a standard local environment, you run  npx ampx sandbox . This spins up tem...