Link to reproduction

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Describe the Bug

When using the website template with PostgreSQL as the database, a type error occurs during pnpm run build. The error is related to the user object passed to createLocalReq() in src/app/(frontend)/next/seed/route.ts.

Error:
Type error: Type 'User & { collection: "users"; }' is not assignable to type 'User | null | undefined'. Type 'User & { collection: "users"; }' is not assignable to type 'User'. Type 'User & { collection: "users"; }' is not assignable to type 'BaseUser'. Types of property 'sessions' are incompatible. Type '{ id: string; createdAt?: string | null | undefined; expiresAt: string; }[] | null | undefined' is not assignable to type 'UserSession[] | undefined'. Type 'null' is not assignable to type 'UserSession[] | undefined'.

To Reproduce

1. pnpx create-payload-app@latest
2. Choose:

• Template: website
• Database: PostgreSQL

3. Then run:
   pnpm install pnpm run build
4. Build fails with type error in src/app/(frontend)/next/seed/route.ts

Node.js version: v22.16.0

Payload Version

3.44.0

Adapters and Plugins

db-postgres