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@Isabella-Mitchell Isabella-Mitchell commented Apr 14, 2026

Resolves JIRA: WS-NA

Summary

Updates NextJS references to bring slight clarity to Simorgh Readme for improved onboarding. (Have kept it light touch since I'm anticipating a lot more could change once we've fully migrated of Express)

Code changes

  • Updates onboarding commands to yarn dev:all to run both express and nextJS apps.
  • Provides a valid route to check that the application is working.
  • Updates Most Read and On Demand Audio localhost links in release note (copilot)

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Pull request overview

Updates Simorgh documentation to better reflect local development with the Next.js app (port 7081) alongside the existing Express app (port 7080), improving onboarding and providing clearer local route examples.

Changes:

  • Updates local dev instructions in README.md to run both apps and points key example routes at localhost:7081.
  • Updates “Most Read” and “On Demand” localhost links in the release info table to use the Next.js port (7081).

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File Description
docs/Simorgh-Release-Info.mdx Switches several “Local” route examples (notably Most Read / On Demand) to localhost:7081 to align with Next.js serving those routes.
README.md Adjusts onboarding/local dev instructions and example localhost links to reflect running Next.js on 7081 (and Express on 7080).

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