diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c5bfa163..6fb18bec 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ RUN apk upgrade --no-cache && \
 COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
 COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+# next/dist/lib/metadata/** (get-metadata-route.js and its neighbours). A
+# plain top-level require in router-utils/filesystem.js, yet Next's own
+# output file tracing for `output: "standalone"` + `next build --webpack`
+# drops the whole directory - the server crashes on its first line with
+# "Cannot find module '../../../lib/metadata/get-metadata-route'" without
+# this. Same tracing-gap class as the plugins copy below.
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/node_modules/next/dist/lib/metadata ./node_modules/next/dist/lib/metadata
 # Staged first-party plugin bundles. Read by path at runtime, so Next's output
 # file tracing does not carry them into .next/standalone - copy explicitly or
 # the image boots with the S/MIME policy toggle on and no plugin installed.
diff --git a/scripts/assemble-standalone.mjs b/scripts/assemble-standalone.mjs
index adb05fb2..bc238dc3 100644
--- a/scripts/assemble-standalone.mjs
+++ b/scripts/assemble-standalone.mjs
@@ -81,4 +81,20 @@ if (existsSync(pluginsSrc)) {
   );
 }
 
+// next/dist/lib/metadata/** (get-metadata-route.js and its neighbours).
+//
+// router-utils/filesystem.js has a plain top-level `require("../../../lib/
+// metadata/get-metadata-route")` - not dynamic, not conditional - yet Next's
+// own output-file-tracing for `output: "standalone"` + `next build --webpack`
+// drops the entire directory. Verified by inspecting a real build: the
+// package was present, this one subfolder was missing, so the standalone
+// server crashed on its very first line with "Cannot find module" - every
+// packaged build (Electron and Docker) was affected. Same failure class as
+// the sqlcipher prebuilds above: copy by hand what the tracer misses.
+const metadataSrc = path.join(rootDir, "node_modules", "next", "dist", "lib", "metadata");
+const metadataDest = path.join(standaloneDir, "node_modules", "next", "dist", "lib", "metadata");
+rmSync(metadataDest, { recursive: true, force: true });
+cpSync(metadataSrc, metadataDest, { recursive: true });
+console.log("Copied next/dist/lib/metadata into the standalone output");
+
 console.log("Assembled standalone server at", standaloneDir);