Cannot create language-specific 404 template

[jmau111]

What version of Hugo are you using (hugo version)?

v0.104.3

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

yes

Description

It's not possible to use the folder pattern to have a different 404 per each language.

For example, layouts/404.html - layouts/404.zh.html won't work.

The only way I can make it work consists of using the i18n helper in a block:

{{ define "main" }}
{{ i18n "test" }}
{{ end }}

It's not very convenient, especially when your 404 layout needs another base template (usually much lighter than the global baseof).

My question is the following: is it something known and wanted?

[tyytytytyiigo]

It is a known issue. You need to use the i18n folder to translate 404 page (template). But here's to hoping that that will change soon.

[jmau111]

@jafaican hi, that would be a nice fix!

[jmooring]

This was fixed with v0.123.0.

git clone --single-branch -b hugo-github-issue-10400 https://github.com/jmooring/hugo-testing hugo-github-issue-10400
cd hugo-github-issue-10400
hugo && tree public

Expected output:

public/
├── en/
│   ├── 404.html
│   └── index.html
├── fr/
│   ├── 404.html
│   └── index.html
└── index.html

Then run:

cat public/{en,fr}/404.html

Expected output:

layouts/404.en.html
layouts/404.fr.html

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