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not-found.js

The not-found file is used to render UI when the notFound function is thrown within a route segment. Along with serving a custom UI, Next.js will return a 200 HTTP status code for streamed responses, and 404 for non-streamed responses.

app/blog/not-found.tsx
import Link from 'next/link'
 
export default function NotFound() {
  return (
    <div>
      <h2>Not Found</h2>
      <p>Could not find requested resource</p>
      <Link href="/">Return Home</Link>
    </div>
  )
}

Good to know: In addition to catching expected notFound() errors, the root app/not-found.js file also handles any unmatched URLs for your whole application. This means users that visit a URL that is not handled by your app will be shown the UI exported by the app/not-found.js file.

Props

not-found.js components do not accept any props.

Data Fetching

By default, not-found is a Server Component. You can mark it as async to fetch and display data:

app/blog/not-found.tsx
import Link from 'next/link'
import { headers } from 'next/headers'
 
export default async function NotFound() {
  const headersList = headers()
  const domain = headersList.get('host')
  const data = await getSiteData(domain)
  return (
    <div>
      <h2>Not Found: {data.name}</h2>
      <p>Could not find requested resource</p>
      <p>
        View <Link href="/blog">all posts</Link>
      </p>
    </div>
  )
}

Version History

VersionChanges
v13.3.0Root app/not-found handles global unmatched URLs.
v13.0.0not-found introduced.