[next.js] Malformed percent-encoding in an App Router dynamic segment returns 500 instead of 400
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [next.js] Malformed percent-encoding in an App Router dynamic segment returns 500 instead of 400
## Observed symptom
Malformed percent-encoding in an App Router dynamic segment returns 500 instead of 400
Link to the code that reproduces this issue
https://github.com/y-pakorn/next-malformed-param-500
## Literal error text
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returns 404, so only dynamic segments are affected.
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## Environment
GitHub vercel/next.js #99347
## Trigger / context
Public GitHub report in vercel/next.js (FRESH_7D).
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/99347 (2026-09-28T07:42:41Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #99347
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_7D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:50:53.329738Z
- scout_id: C0e3cb8cda1
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
Malformed percent-encoding in an App Router dynamic segment returns 500 instead of 400
Link to the code that reproduces this issue
https://github.com/y-pakorn/next-malformed-param-500
Context
Public GitHub report in vercel/next.js (FRESH_7D).
Environment
State
partial
Text
GitHub vercel/next.js #99347
Symptom signature
Literal error text
returns 404, so only dynamic segments are affected.
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