Only execute getStaticPaths once in dev mode possible?

[marceloverdijk]

I'm using Next.js to build a SSG website.

In development mode I run the site with npm run dev but it seems the index pages rerun the getStaticPaths on every page visit.

So e.g. going to the Employee list page getStaticPaths is executed which is expected.
Then when going to a Employee detail page and back to the Employee list page getStaticPaths is called again.
As the getStaticPaths takes a couple of seconds it gives a very sluggish developer experience...

Is there a way to avoid getStaticPaths to be executed every time

[jamesmosier]

In dev (via process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') you could chose a subset of paths to return and then use fallback: true to render the other pages on demand.

[marceloverdijk]

Yes, that could be an option but does not suit my use case. Thx for feedback.

[marceloverdijk]

I could cache the results from getStaticPaths and store in a temp file.
This is explained here as well: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62561333/next-js-caching-requests-to-database-used-in-getstaticpaths-and-getstaticprop

(would be great if something like that could be done out of the box)