vercel · huozhi · Nov 27, 2025 · Nov 30, 2025
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/route-modules/pages/pages-handler.ts b/packages/next/src/server/route-modules/pages/pages-handler.ts
@@ -693,11 +693,10 @@ export const getHandler = ({
         }
 
         // when invoking _error before pages/500 we don't actually
-        // send the _error response
-        if (
-          getRequestMeta(req, 'customErrorRender') ||
-          (isErrorPage && isMinimalMode && res.statusCode === 500)
-        ) {
+        // send the _error response - only skip if customErrorRender is set
+        // (meaning pages/500 exists and will be rendered next), or if using
+        // the builtin _error in minimalMode to allow error bubbling
+        if (getRequestMeta(req, 'customErrorRender')) {
           return null
         }
 

diff --git a/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/next.config.js b/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/next.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * @type {import('next').NextConfig}
+ */
+const nextConfig = {}
+
+module.exports = nextConfig
diff --git a/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages-get-initial-props-error.test.ts b/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages-get-initial-props-error.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
+
+describe('pages-get-initial-props-error', () => {
+  const { next } = nextTestSetup({
+    files: __dirname,
+  })
+
+  it('should render _error with 500 status code when getInitialProps throws', async () => {
+    const browser = await next.browser('/gip-error')
+    expect(await browser.elementByCss('p').text()).toBe(
+      'An error 500 occurred on server'
+    )
+
+    const response = await next.fetch('/gip-error')
+    expect(response.status).toBe(500)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/_app.tsx b/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import type { AppProps } from 'next/app'
+
+export default function App({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
+  return <Component {...pageProps} />
+}
diff --git a/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/_document.tsx b/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/_document.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Html, Head, Main, NextScript } from 'next/document'
+
+export default function Document() {
+  return (
+    <Html>
+      <Head />
+      <body>
+        <Main />
+        <NextScript />
+      </body>
+    </Html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/_error.tsx b/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/_error.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type { NextPageContext } from 'next'
+
+type ErrorProps = {
+  statusCode?: number
+}
+
+function ErrorPage({ statusCode }: ErrorProps) {
+  return (
+    <p>
+      {statusCode !== undefined
+        ? `An error ${statusCode} occurred on server`
+        : 'An error occurred on client'}
+    </p>
+  )
+}
+
+ErrorPage.getInitialProps = ({ res, err }: NextPageContext) => {
+  console.log('ErrorPage.gip:err', err, '!!res', !!res)
+  let statusCode = 200
+  try {
+    statusCode = res?.statusCode ?? err?.statusCode ?? (res || err ? 500 : 404)
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('ErrorPage.gip:try-catch', error)
+  }
+
+  console.trace(
+    'ErrorPage.status code',
+    'res?.statusCode',
+    res?.statusCode,
+    'err?.statusCode',
+    err?.statusCode,
+    'final',
+    statusCode
+  )
+  return { statusCode }
+}
+
+export default ErrorPage
diff --git a/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/gip-error.tsx b/test/production/pages-get-initial-props-error/pages/gip-error.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { GetServerSideProps } from 'next'
+
+class IntentionalServerError extends Error {
+  statusCode: number
+
+  constructor(message: string, statusCode = 500) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'IntentionalServerError'
+    this.statusCode = statusCode
+  }
+}
+
+export default function ErrorDemo() {
+  return <h1>Custom Error Page Demo</h1>
+}
+
+export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async () => {
+  throw new IntentionalServerError(
+    'Intentional error triggered via getServerSideProps.'
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/production/required-server-files-ssr-404/test/index.test.ts b/test/production/required-server-files-ssr-404/test/index.test.ts
@@ -551,19 +551,19 @@ describe('Required Server Files', () => {
       it('should bubble error correctly for gip page', async () => {
         const res = await fetchViaHTTP(appPort, '/errors/gip', { crash: '1' })
         expect(res.status).toBe(500)
-        expect(await res.text()).toBe('Internal Server Error')
+        expect(await res.text()).toContain('500 - Internal Server Error.')
       })
 
       it('should bubble error correctly for gssp page', async () => {
         const res = await fetchViaHTTP(appPort, '/errors/gssp', { crash: '1' })
         expect(res.status).toBe(500)
-        expect(await res.text()).toBe('Internal Server Error')
+        expect(await res.text()).toContain('500 - Internal Server Error.')
       })
 
       it('should bubble error correctly for gsp page', async () => {
         const res = await fetchViaHTTP(appPort, '/errors/gsp/crash')
         expect(res.status).toBe(500)
-        expect(await res.text()).toBe('Internal Server Error')
+        expect(await res.text()).toContain('500 - Internal Server Error.')
       })
 
       it('should normalize optional values correctly for SSP page', async () => {