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How should canonical URLs be generated in a multi-client CMS?

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A CMS may render content on its own domain, a client domain, an embed, or a mirror route. How should canonicals be generated so the public client URL wins?
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Canonical generation should be based on the public destination URL for the specific deployment mode, not the CMS storage or preview URL.

1. Store the client’s canonical site origin as configuration rather than deriving it from the CMS host.

2. Resolve the public route/slug and generate one absolute canonical from origin + final path.

3. Keep previews, embeds, render endpoints, and admin routes noindexed when they are not intended as public search destinations.

4. For mirror/proxy modes, ensure the client-domain response exposes the same canonical the public visitor sees.

5. Use the same resolved URL in schema, Open Graph, sitemaps, and internal links when appropriate.

6. Add tests for domain changes, trailing slashes, HTTP/HTTPS, and alias routes.

A headless system should separate content origin from search identity. The canonical belongs to the public page, not the backend that generated it.
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