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Add redirects to your Next.js app.

Redirects allow you to redirect an incoming request path to a different destination path.

To use redirects you can use the redirects key in next.config.js:

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        source: '/about',
        destination: '/',
        permanent: true,
      },
    ]
  },
}

redirects is an async function that expects an array to be returned holding objects with source, destination, and permanent properties:

  • source is the incoming request path pattern.
  • destination is the path you want to route to.
  • permanent true or false - if true will use the 308 status code which instructs clients/search engines to cache the redirect forever, if false will use the 307 status code which is temporary and is not cached.

Why does Next.js use 307 and 308? Traditionally a 302 was used for a temporary redirect, and a 301 for a permanent redirect, but many browsers changed the request method of the redirect to GET, regardless of the original method. For example, if the browser made a request to POST /v1/users which returned status code 302 with location /v2/users, the subsequent request might be GET /v2/users instead of the expected POST /v2/users. Next.js uses the 307 temporary redirect, and 308 permanent redirect status codes to explicitly preserve the request method used.

  • basePath: false or undefined - if false the basePath won't be included when matching, can be used for external redirects only.
  • locale: false or undefined - whether the locale should not be included when matching.
  • has is an array of has objects with the type, key and value properties.
  • missing is an array of missing objects with the type, key and value properties.

Redirects are checked before the filesystem which includes pages and /public files.

When using the Pages Router, redirects are not applied to client-side routing (Link, router.push) unless Proxy is present and matches the path.

When a redirect is applied, any query values provided in the request will be passed through to the redirect destination. For example, see the following redirect configuration:

{
  source: '/old-blog/:path*',
  destination: '/blog/:path*',
  permanent: false
}

Good to know: Remember to include the forward slash / before the colon : in path parameters of the source and destination paths, otherwise the path will be treated as a literal string and you run the risk of causing infinite redirects.

When /old-blog/post-1?hello=world is requested, the client will be redirected to /blog/post-1?hello=world.

Path Matching

Path matches are allowed, for example /old-blog/:slug will match /old-blog/hello-world (no nested paths):

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        source: '/old-blog/:slug',
        destination: '/news/:slug', // Matched parameters can be used in the destination
        permanent: true,
      },
    ]
  },
}

Wildcard Path Matching

To match a wildcard path you can use * after a parameter, for example /blog/:slug* will match /blog/a/b/c/d/hello-world:

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        source: '/blog/:slug*',
        destination: '/news/:slug*', // Matched parameters can be used in the destination
        permanent: true,
      },
    ]
  },
}

Regex Path Matching

To match a regex path you can wrap the regex in parentheses after a parameter, for example /post/:slug(\\d{1,}) will match /post/123 but not /post/abc:

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        source: '/post/:slug(\\d{1,})',
        destination: '/news/:slug', // Matched parameters can be used in the destination
        permanent: false,
      },
    ]
  },
}

The following characters (, ), {, }, :, *, +, ? are used for regex path matching, so when used in the source as non-special values they must be escaped by adding \\ before them:

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        // this will match `/english(default)/something` being requested
        source: '/english\\(default\\)/:slug',
        destination: '/en-us/:slug',
        permanent: false,
      },
    ]
  },
}

To only match a redirect when header, cookie, or query values also match the has field or don't match the missing field can be used. Both the source and all has items must match and all missing items must not match for the redirect to be applied.

has and missing items can have the following fields:

  • type: String - must be either header, cookie, host, or query.
  • key: String - the key from the selected type to match against.
  • value: String or undefined - the value to check for, if undefined any value will match. A regex like string can be used to capture a specific part of the value, e.g. if the value first-(?<paramName>.*) is used for first-second then second will be usable in the destination with :paramName.
next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      // if the header `x-redirect-me` is present,
      // this redirect will be applied
      {
        source: '/:path((?!another-page$).*)',
        has: [
          {
            type: 'header',
            key: 'x-redirect-me',
          },
        ],
        permanent: false,
        destination: '/another-page',
      },
      // if the header `x-dont-redirect` is present,
      // this redirect will NOT be applied
      {
        source: '/:path((?!another-page$).*)',
        missing: [
          {
            type: 'header',
            key: 'x-do-not-redirect',
          },
        ],
        permanent: false,
        destination: '/another-page',
      },
      // if the source, query, and cookie are matched,
      // this redirect will be applied
      {
        source: '/specific/:path*',
        has: [
          {
            type: 'query',
            key: 'page',
            // the page value will not be available in the
            // destination since value is provided and doesn't
            // use a named capture group e.g. (?<page>home)
            value: 'home',
          },
          {
            type: 'cookie',
            key: 'authorized',
            value: 'true',
          },
        ],
        permanent: false,
        destination: '/another/:path*',
      },
      // if the header `x-authorized` is present and
      // contains a matching value, this redirect will be applied
      {
        source: '/',
        has: [
          {
            type: 'header',
            key: 'x-authorized',
            value: '(?<authorized>yes|true)',
          },
        ],
        permanent: false,
        destination: '/home?authorized=:authorized',
      },
      // if the host is `example.com`,
      // this redirect will be applied
      {
        source: '/:path((?!another-page$).*)',
        has: [
          {
            type: 'host',
            value: 'example.com',
          },
        ],
        permanent: false,
        destination: '/another-page',
      },
    ]
  },
}

Redirects with basePath support

When leveraging basePath support with redirects each source and destination is automatically prefixed with the basePath unless you add basePath: false to the redirect:

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  basePath: '/docs',
 
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        source: '/with-basePath', // automatically becomes /docs/with-basePath
        destination: '/another', // automatically becomes /docs/another
        permanent: false,
      },
      {
        // does not add /docs since basePath: false is set
        source: '/without-basePath',
        destination: 'https://example.com',
        basePath: false,
        permanent: false,
      },
    ]
  },
}

Redirects with i18n support

When implementing redirects with internationalization in the App Router, you can include locales in next.config.js redirects, but only as hardcoded paths.

For dynamic or per-request locale handling, use dynamic route segments and proxy, which can redirect based on the user's preferred language.

next.config.js
module.exports = {
  async redirects() {
    return [
      {
        // Manually handle locale prefixes for App Router
        source: '/en/old-path',
        destination: '/en/new-path',
        permanent: false,
      },
      {
        // Redirect for all locales using a parameter
        source: '/:locale/old-path',
        destination: '/:locale/new-path',
        permanent: false,
      },
      {
        // Redirect from one locale to another
        source: '/de/old-path',
        destination: '/en/new-path',
        permanent: false,
      },
      {
        // Catch-all redirect for multiple locales
        source: '/:locale(en|fr|de)/:path*',
        destination: '/:locale/new-section/:path*',
        permanent: false,
      },
    ]
  },
}

In some rare cases, you might need to assign a custom status code for older HTTP Clients to properly redirect. In these cases, you can use the statusCode property instead of the permanent property, but not both. To ensure IE11 compatibility, a Refresh header is automatically added for the 308 status code.

Other Redirects

Version History

VersionChanges
v13.3.0missing added.
v10.2.0has added.
v9.5.0redirects added.

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