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Next.js 16: local next/image src with a query string (/logo.png?v=2) is rejected unless images.localPatterns allows it

Fix

Before: no images.localPatterns and src="/assets/photo?v=1".

After, allowing any query string under a path (omit search):

// next.config.ts
const nextConfig = {
  images: {
    localPatterns: [
      { pathname: '/assets/**' },      // ?v=123, ?t=456, or none
      { pathname: '/api/images/**' },
    ],
  },
}
export default nextConfig

Or allow exactly one query string: { pathname: '/assets/**', search: '?v=1' }. search is an exact match with the leading ? and no globs, so it rejects the plain path. search: '' means NO query string is allowed. Use /** (any depth). /assets/ alone matches nothing below it. Patterns are case-sensitive. Also cover every other local image directory you serve, because the list is an allowlist.

Symptom

After upgrading to Next.js 16, cache-busted local images such as <Image src="/assets/photo.png?v=1" /> or /api/images/123?t=... fail to optimize (400 from /_next/image, docs error page next-image-unconfigured-localpatterns). The same image without the query string works.

Cause

Next.js 16.0 (2025-10-21): "Local image sources with query strings now require images.localPatterns.search configuration to prevent enumeration attacks." Once localPatterns is defined it is an allowlist. Paths that no pattern covers are rejected too.

Verify

curl -I "http://localhost:3000/_next/image?url=%2Fassets%2Fphoto.png%3Fv%3D1&w=640&q=75" returns 200.

Sources

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