Running pnpm dev:prod results in linting/build errors

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Describe the Bug

I'm trying to setup the 'website' template and a run production build, after running 'create-payload-app' to initialise the platform then running dev mode, navigating to admin for account setup and db seeding, which works fine. Later when running pnpm dev:prod it fails due to typescript issues:

   ▲ Next.js 15.1.6
   - Environments: .env
   - Experiments (use with caution):
     · turbo

   Creating an optimized production build ...
 ✓ Compiled successfully

./src/fields/defaultLexical.ts
36:33  Warning: Unexpected any. Specify a different type.  @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
36:47  Warning: Unexpected any. Specify a different type.  @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any

./src/providers/Theme/InitTheme/index.tsx
8:5  Warning: Unused eslint-disable directive (no problems were reported from '@next/next/no-before-interactive-script-outside-document').

info  - Need to disable some ESLint rules? Learn more here: https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/eslint#disabling-rules
Failed to compile.

./src/blocks/Form/Component.tsx:35:5
Type error: Type 'FormFieldBlock[]' is not assignable to type 'AsyncDefaultValues<FormFieldBlock[]> | ({ blockName?: string | undefined; blockType?: "checkbox" | undefined; defaultValue?: boolean | undefined; label?: string | undefined; name?: string | undefined; required?: boolean | undefined; width?: number | undefined; } | ... 8 more ... | undefined)[] | undefined'.
  Type 'FormFieldBlock[]' is not assignable to type '({ blockName?: string | undefined; blockType?: "checkbox" | undefined; defaultValue?: boolean | undefined; label?: string | undefined; name?: string | undefined; required?: boolean | undefined; width?: number | undefined; } | ... 8 more ... | undefined)[]'.
    Type 'FormFieldBlock' is not assignable to type '{ blockName?: string | undefined; blockType?: "checkbox" | undefined; defaultValue?: boolean | undefined; label?: string | undefined; name?: string | undefined; required?: boolean | undefined; width?: number | undefined; } | ... 8 more ... | undefined'.
      Type 'MessageField' is not assignable to type '{ blockName?: string | undefined; blockType?: "checkbox" | undefined; defaultValue?: boolean | undefined; label?: string | undefined; name?: string | undefined; required?: boolean | undefined; width?: number | undefined; } | ... 8 more ... | undefined'.
        Type 'MessageField' is not assignable to type '{ blockName?: string | undefined; blockType?: "message" | undefined; message?: {} | undefined; }'.
          Types of property 'message' are incompatible.
            Type 'unknown' is not assignable to type '{} | undefined'.

  33 |
  34 |   const formMethods = useForm({
> 35 |     defaultValues: formFromProps.fields,
     |     ^
  36 |   })
  37 |   const {
  38 |     control,
Static worker exited with code: 1 and signal: null
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed with exit code 1.

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

No code

Reproduction Steps

Run pnpx create-payload-app
Select project template: website
Run in dev mode
Setup admin account & seed db
Navigate to frontend of site to ensure it's working properly
Stop dev mode
Run pnpm dev:prod

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

area: templates

Environment Info

Docker compose environment:
  Container running node-lts:slim as the base image
  Database: MongoDB

Project template (on install): Website

Binaries:
  Node: 22.13.1
  npm: 10.9.2
  Yarn: 1.22.22
  pnpm: 9.15.4
Relevant Packages:
  payload: 3.19.0
  next: 15.1.6
  @payloadcms/db-mongodb: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/email-nodemailer: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/graphql: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/live-preview: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/live-preview-react: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/next/utilities: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/payload-cloud: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/plugin-form-builder: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/plugin-nested-docs: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/plugin-redirects: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/plugin-search: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/plugin-seo: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/richtext-lexical: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/translations: 3.19.0
  @payloadcms/ui/shared: 3.19.0
  react: 19.0.0
  react-dom: 19.0.0
Operating System:
  Platform: linux
  Arch: x64
  Version: #52-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Dec  5 13:09:44 UTC 2024
  Available memory (MB): 31493
  Available CPU cores: 16

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🚀 This is included in version v3.20.0

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Awesome

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