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Parent: main.js|ts configuration

Type: TestBuildConfig

Provides configuration options to optimize Storybook's production build output.

test

Type: TestBuildFlags

{
  disableBlocks?: boolean;
  disabledAddons?: string[];
  disableMDXEntries?: boolean;
  disableAutoDocs?: boolean;
  disableDocgen?: boolean;
  disableSourcemaps?: boolean;
  disableTreeShaking?: boolean;
 
}

Configures Storybook's production builds for performance testing purposes by disabling certain features from the build. When running build-storybook, this feature is enabled by setting the --test flag.

The options documented on this page are automatically enabled when the --test flag is provided to the storybook build command. We encourage you to override these options only if you need to disable a specific feature for your project or if you are debugging a build issue.

test.disableBlocks

Type: boolean

Excludes the @storybook/blocks package from the build, which generates automatic documentation with Docs Blocks.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disableBlocks: false,
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;

test.disabledAddons

Type: string[]

Sets the list of addons that will disabled in the build output.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  addons: ['@storybook/addon-essentials', '@storybook/addon-interactions', '@storybook/addon-a11y'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disabledAddons: ['@storybook/addon-a11y'],
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;

test.disableMDXEntries

Type: boolean

Enabling this option removes user-written documentation entries in MDX format from the build.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disableMDXEntries: false,
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;

test.disableAutoDocs

Type: boolean

Prevents automatic documentation generated with the autodocs feature from being included in the build.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disableAutoDocs: false,
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;

test.disableDocgen

Type: boolean

Disables automatic argType and component property inference with any of the supported static analysis tools based on the framework you are using.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disableDocgen: false,
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;

test.disableSourcemaps

Type: boolean

Overrides the default behavior of generating source maps for the build.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disableSourcemaps: false,
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;

test.disableTreeShaking

Type: boolean

Disables tree shaking in the build.

.storybook/main.ts
// Replace your-framework with the framework you are using (e.g., react-webpack5, vue3-vite)
import type { StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/your-framework';
 
const config: StorybookConfig = {
  framework: '@storybook/your-framework',
  stories: ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)'],
  build: {
    test: {
      disableTreeShaking: false,
    },
  },
};
 
export default config;