From 0b3633db4f2c6b050475554387e63be03bdf9a6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Wolff <david@dav.dev>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:47:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server): properly handle HEAD requests to SSR paths
 (#23788)

---
 server/src/services/api.service.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/services/api.service.ts b/server/src/services/api.service.ts
index 143b470750..ee9b0e622d 100644
--- a/server/src/services/api.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/api.service.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ export class ApiService {
     }
 
     return async (request: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+      const method = request.method.toLowerCase();
       if (
         request.url.startsWith('/api') ||
-        request.method.toLowerCase() !== 'get' ||
+        (method !== 'get' && method !== 'head') ||
         excludePaths.some((item) => request.url.startsWith(item))
       ) {
         return next();