No meta description
Why it matters
Lighthouse SEO fails pages without <meta name="description">, and search results fall back to a snippet scraped from the page.
Fix
Add description to the root layout's metadata, or to the page's own metadata/generateMetadata.
Credit
From Google Chrome
Lighthouse SEO fails pages with no meta description.
Documents how meta descriptions can be used as search snippets.
References
- Document does not have a meta descriptionChrome for Developers
- How to Write Meta DescriptionsGoogle Search Central
- generateMetadataNext.js