ionic build --prod does not create an angular production build

[ahmadtawakol]

Description: When running ionic build --prod, the Angular project is not being built in production mode, but rather in development mode instead.

Steps to Reproduce: Run ionic build --prod

Output:

npm run ionic:build -- --configuration=production --project=app

<project-name>@0.0.1 ionic:build
npm run build --configuration=production --project=app

<project-name>@0.0.1 build
ng build

My ionic info:

Ionic:

   Ionic CLI                     : 7.0.1 (/Users/twkl/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 7.0.7
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 16.0.2
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 16.0.2
   @angular/cli                  : 16.0.2
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 9.0.0

Capacitor:

   Capacitor CLI      : 5.0.3
   @capacitor/android : not installed
   @capacitor/core    : 5.0.3
   @capacitor/ios     : 5.0.3

Utility:

   cordova-res : 0.15.4
   native-run  : 1.7.2

System:

   NodeJS : v16.19.1 (/usr/local/bin/node)
   npm    : 8.19.3
   OS     : macOS Unknown

Other Information: The build process should be running ng build --configuration=production instead of just ng build as in the output

[Tjax33]

What is the update on this? I am getting the same in appflow