tRPC fetch breaking when building Next project

a [TRPCClientError]: fetch failed
    at a.from (C:\Users\\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\trpctest\.next\server\chunks\29.js:2:72953)
    at C:\Users\\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\trpctest\.next\server\chunks\29.js:2:79757
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
  meta: undefined,
  shape: undefined,
  data: undefined,
  digest: '3695965412',
  [cause]: TypeError: fetch failed
      at node:internal/deps/undici/undici:12618:11
      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
      at async Object.fetch (C:\Users\\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\trpctest\.next\server\chunks\29.js:2:78917) {
    cause: AggregateError [ECONNREFUSED]:
        at internalConnectMultiple (node:net:1116:18)
        at afterConnectMultiple (node:net:1683:7)
        at TCPConnectWrap.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17) {
      code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
      [errors]: [Array]
    }
  }
}

export const postRouter = createTRPCRouter({
  getMessages: publicProcedure.query(async (): Promise<[]> => {
    return [];
  }),
  ...
});

const [messages] = api.post.getMessages.useSuspenseQuery(); //the act of just sending the request is the issue after ruling out any possible shenanigans in the postRouter