update arabic to be default

apps/homepage/src/contracts/phase9/route-manifest.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0",
-  "defaultLocale": "en",
+  "defaultLocale": "ar",
   "locales": ["en", "fr", "ar"],
   "rootDetection": true,
   "routes": [
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   },
   "hreflang": {
     "values": ["en", "fr", "ar"],
-    "xDefaultLocale": "en",
+    "xDefaultLocale": "ar",
     "selfCanonical": true
   }
 }

apps/homepage/src/lib/localization/config.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export type Locale = (typeof locales)[number];
 export type Direction = 'ltr' | 'rtl';
 export type RouteId = 'home' | 'sign-in' | 'forgot-password' | 'reset-password' | 'privacy' | 'terms' | 'accessibility';
 
-export const defaultLocale: Locale = 'en';
+export const defaultLocale: Locale = 'ar';
 export const defaultMode: ThemePreference = 'dark';
 export const localeCookie = 'hpc-locale';
 export const localeStorageKey = 'hpc.locale';

apps/homepage/src/proxy.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   isLocale,
   localeCookie,
   localeCookieMaxAgeSeconds,
-  localeFromAcceptLanguage,
   localizedModePath,
   routeIdFromAnyLocaleSlug,
   routeIdFromSlug,
@@ -47,11 +46,8 @@ function resolveApiOrigin(): string | undefined {
   return origins.size > 0 ? Array.from(origins).join(' ') : undefined;
 }
 
-function resolveRequestLocale(request: NextRequest) {
-  const cookieLocale = request.cookies.get(localeCookie)?.value;
-  return isLocale(cookieLocale)
-    ? cookieLocale
-    : localeFromAcceptLanguage(request.headers.get('accept-language')) || defaultLocale;
+function resolveRequestLocale() {
+  return defaultLocale;
 }
 
 function resolveRequestMode(request: NextRequest) {
@@ -69,6 +65,13 @@ function setLocaleCookie(response: NextResponse, locale: string): void {
     secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
     httpOnly: false,
   });
+  response.cookies.set(dashboardLanguageCookie, locale, {
+    path: '/',
+    sameSite: 'lax',
+    maxAge: localeCookieMaxAgeSeconds,
+    secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
+    httpOnly: false,
+  });
 }
 
 function setModeCookie(response: NextResponse, mode: string): void {
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ export function proxy(request: NextRequest): NextResponse {
   requestHeaders.set('Content-Security-Policy', csp);
 
   if (request.nextUrl.pathname === '/') {
-    const locale = resolveRequestLocale(request);
+    const locale = resolveRequestLocale();
     const mode = resolveRequestMode(request);
     const destination = request.nextUrl.clone();
     destination.pathname = `/${locale}/${mode}`;
@@ -110,11 +113,11 @@ export function proxy(request: NextRequest): NextResponse {
 
   const pathSegments = request.nextUrl.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
 
-  // Redirect locale-less paths (e.g. /sign-in -> /en/dark/sign-in), but not proxied app paths or files.
+  // Redirect locale-less paths (e.g. /sign-in -> /ar/dark/sign-in), but not proxied app paths or files.
   const firstSegment = request.nextUrl.pathname.split('/')[1];
   const isFile = /\.\w+$/.test(request.nextUrl.pathname);
   if (firstSegment && !isFile && !isLocale(firstSegment) && !reservedProxySegments.has(firstSegment)) {
-    const locale = resolveRequestLocale(request);
+    const locale = resolveRequestLocale();
     const mode = resolveRequestMode(request);
     const destination = request.nextUrl.clone();
     destination.pathname = `/${locale}/${mode}${request.nextUrl.pathname}`;

apps/homepage/tests/browser/shell.spec.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ for (const scenario of [
   });
 }
 
-test('root locale detection honors Accept-Language', async ({ browser }) => {
+test('root locale defaults to Arabic', async ({ browser }) => {
   const context = await browser.newContext({
     extraHTTPHeaders: { 'Accept-Language': 'ar;q=1,en;q=0.8' },
   });

apps/homepage/tests/unit/localization.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('localization foundations', () => {
   it('selects a supported locale by quality', () => {
     expect(localeFromAcceptLanguage('de-DE;q=0.9, ar;q=0.8, fr;q=0.7')).toBe('ar');
     expect(localeFromAcceptLanguage('fr-CA, en;q=0.8')).toBe('fr');
-    expect(localeFromAcceptLanguage(null)).toBe('en');
+    expect(localeFromAcceptLanguage(null)).toBe('ar');
   });
 
   it('validates locale direction and route lookup', () => {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('localization foundations', () => {
     const links = hreflangMap(new URL('https://approved.test'), 'home');
     expect(links.en).toBe('https://approved.test/en/dark');
     expect(links.ar).toBe('https://approved.test/ar/dark');
-    expect(links['x-default']).toBe('https://approved.test/en/dark');
+    expect(links['x-default']).toBe('https://approved.test/ar/dark');
   });
 
   it('preserves only approved campaign query values and valid hashes', () => {

apps/homepage/tests/unit/proxy.test.ts

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('homepage proxy app boundaries', () => {
 
     expect(response).toMatchObject({
       kind: 'redirect',
-      url: 'https://rentaldrivego.ma/fr/dark',
+      url: 'https://rentaldrivego.ma/ar/dark',
     });
   });