Build Fails Due to Missing Database Connection

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🐛 Issue: Build Fails Due to Missing Database Connection

Description

The website template of Payload fails to build unless a database connection is provided or a container is running. This contradicts the Payload migration docs, which state that the build process should not require a database connection. Quoted as "Running them during build time may be impossible due to not having access to your database connection while building or similar reasoning."

Expected Behavior

The build should complete successfully without requiring an active database connection.

Current Behavior

• Running npm run build (or equivalent build command) fails unless a database is connected.
• The error suggests that the application is attempting to connect to the database during build time.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clone the Payload website template.
2. Ensure no database is running.
3. Run npm run build.
4. Observe the error related to the missing database connection.

Additional Context

This behavior is unexpected based on the documentation. If this is intentional, it should be explicitly mentioned in the docs. Otherwise, a fix is needed to allow builds to run without a database connection.