Is it possible to prerender images on vercel ?

[leo91000]

If I understand correctly, if we want to prerender images, we need to create a route rule for each image with /ipx/... and set prerender to true.

But I am wondering if it possible to do the same when hosting the app on vercel, because the path is different (usually it starts with /_vercel/image.

Is it possible to do prerender images with vercel ?

[yudin-s]

With Vercel's image provider, /_vercel/image is a runtime optimization endpoint owned by Vercel, not a normal Nuxt route that nuxt generate can prerender in the same way as /_ipx/....

So the answer is mostly: not in the same mechanism.

If you use the Vercel provider, you normally let Vercel optimize on first request and cache at the edge. You can warm those URLs after deploy if needed, but they are still served by Vercel's optimizer.

If you specifically need generated image files as part of the static output, use an IPX/static-compatible setup and prerender the /_ipx/... URLs, or pre-generate assets in your own build step and reference those generated files directly.

In short:

• Vercel provider: runtime optimization + Vercel cache
• IPX/static route: Nuxt-controlled route that can be prerendered
• custom pre-generation: best when you need deterministic files on disk