From 52ecd1b05202396fe035d67c20a7e9f141113701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mintel <marc@mintel.me>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:43:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(middleware): exclude /_img proxy path from locale
 redirects

- Exclude /_img from middleware matcher to prevent locale redirects
- Clean commit for middleware fix
---
 middleware.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/middleware.ts b/middleware.ts
index 53e8634a..33a5bde1 100644
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ export default function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 
 export const config = {
   matcher: [
-    '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|manifest.webmanifest|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|pdf|txt|vcf|xml)$).*)',
+    '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|_img|favicon.ico|manifest.webmanifest|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|pdf|txt|vcf|xml)$).*)',
+    '/(de|en)/:path*',
     '/(de|en)/:path*',
   ],
 };