Strapi main page redirects to /en but Googlebot detects 500 error — how to fix for SEO?

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4

Hi, I have a Strapi + Next.js project.
When I visit the main page (e.g. https://mywebsite.com), it redirects a few times and finally lands on /en (default locale).
In the browser, everything works fine and I see the correct page.

But when I check in Google Search Console or run Screaming Frog SEO Spider, it reports a 500 Server Error for the main page (/).
I think this may be caused by the multiple redirections and how the bot handles them.

My questions:

  1. Why does Googlebot recognize a 500 error when the main page redirects to /en?
  2. Is this related to Strapi, Next.js, or server configuration?
  3. How can I fix this so that Googlebot sees a valid 200 response and does not report SEO errors?
  4. Should I set a proper redirect (301/302) or return a static page on /?
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bot show this:
Status Code 500
Status Internal Server Error
Indexability Non-Indexable
Indexability Status Server Error

/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */

const nextConfig = {
  images: {
    remotePatterns: [
      {
        protocol: 'http',
        hostname: 'localhost',
        port: '1337',
        pathname: '/uploads/**',
      },
      {
        protocol: 'https',
        hostname: 'images.pexels.com',
      },
      {
        protocol: "https",
        hostname: "landingapi.domain.somedomain",
      },
    ],
  },
}

module.exports = nextConfig


export const i18n = {
    defaultLocale: 'en',
    locales: ['en'],
} as const;

export type Locale = typeof i18n['locales'][number];