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Editor's pickFix Next.js duplicate canonical URLs by aligning hostnames, trailing slashes, metadataBase, route metadata, redirects, and Google canonical checks step by step.
Build a Next.js sitemap from published MongoDB posts with canonical URLs, deduplication, valid lastmod values, caching, and database failure handling.
Learn to generate per-post Open Graph metadata in Next.js with generateMetadata, canonical URLs, metadataBase, inheritance, and a verification workflow.
Diagnose a Next.js middleware redirect loop, fix login redirects, scope matchers safely, and protect routes with server-side authorization.
Fix Next.js hydration errors by correcting invalid HTML, browser-only rendering, unstable dates or random values, and server/client data mismatches—not masking warnings.
Learn when to use Next.js Server Components or Client Components, how use client affects boundaries, and how to handle data, hooks, and common errors.