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Root layout blocks indexing

seo/noindexwarningseolighthouse

Why it matters

robots noindex in the root layout's metadata removes every page from search results (Lighthouse: page is blocked from indexing).

Fix

Remove it, or set it only outside production, e.g. from VERCEL_ENV.

Credit

From Google Search Central
A noindex robots directive removes a page from search results.
From Google Chrome
Lighthouse reports pages blocked from indexing.

References

Block Search Indexing with noindexGoogle Search Central
Robots Meta Tags SpecificationsGoogle Search Central
Page is blocked from indexingChrome for Developers
generateMetadataNext.js

See it

Keep key pages indexable