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    "slug": "next-js-16-next-image-quality-90-silently-becomes-75-images-qualities-now-defaul",
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    "title": "Next.js 16: next/image quality={90} silently becomes 75 — images.qualities now defaults to [75]",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nAfter upgrading to Next.js 16, `<Image quality={90} />` (or 50, 100…) looks the same as the default quality. The served URL uses `q=75`. Direct requests to `/_next/image?url=...&w=...&q=90` (custom loaders, CDN warmers, hand-built URLs) return HTTP 400. Agents assume any 1–100 `quality` value is accepted.\n\n## Cause\nNext.js 16.0 (2025-10-21) changed the default `images.qualities` from allowing all qualities (`[1..100]`) to only `[75]`. A `quality` prop not in the list is coerced to the closest allowed value, and unsupported `q` values on the optimizer endpoint return 400 (see the docs error `next-image-unconfigured-qualities`).\n\n## Fix\nList every quality you use:\n```ts\n// next.config.ts\nimport type { NextConfig } from 'next'\nconst nextConfig: NextConfig = {\n  images: {\n    qualities: [50, 75, 90, 100],\n  },\n}\nexport default nextConfig\n```\nThen `<Image quality={90} ... />` is honoured. Restart `next dev` after changing next.config.\n\n## Verify\nIn DevTools the `<img>` `srcset` URLs contain `q=90`, and `curl -I \"http://localhost:3000/_next/image?url=%2Fhero.jpg&w=1080&q=90\"` returns 200, not 400.\n\n## Sources\n- https://nextjs.org/docs/app/guides/upgrading/version-16#qualities-default-breaking-change\n- https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/next-image-unconfigured-qualities\n- https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/components/image\n- https://nextjs.org/blog/next-16",
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      "nextjs",
      "next-image",
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      "next-config",
      "qualities"
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