notFound
Last updated June 16, 2025
The notFound function allows you to render the not-found file within a route segment as well as inject a <meta name="robots" content="noindex" /> tag.
notFound()
Invoking the notFound() function throws a NEXT_HTTP_ERROR_FALLBACK;404 error and terminates rendering of the route segment in which it was thrown. Specifying a not-found file allows you to gracefully handle such errors by rendering a Not Found UI within the segment.
app/user/[id]/page.js
import { notFound } from 'next/navigation' async function fetchUser(id) { const res = await fetch('https://...') if (!res.ok) return undefined return res.json() } export default async function Profile({ params }) { const { id } = await params const user = await fetchUser(id) if (!user) { notFound() } // ... }Good to know:
notFound()does not require you to usereturn notFound()due to using the TypeScriptnevertype.
Version History
| Version | Changes |
|---|---|
v13.0.0 | notFound introduced. |
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