Fix 500 error when redirecting asset paths that start with // (#54872)

Co-authored-by: Kevin Heis <heiskr@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: rachmari

src/redirects/middleware/handle-redirects.ts

@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ import { ExtendedRequest, URLSearchParamsTypes } from '@/types'
 export default function handleRedirects(req: ExtendedRequest, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
   if (!req.context) throw new Error('Request not contextualized')
 
+  // Any double-slashes in the URL should be removed first
+  // This must be done before checking if the path
+  // is an asset (patterns.assetPaths)
+  if (req.path.includes('//')) {
+    return res.redirect(301, req.path.replace(/\/+/g, '/'))
+  }
+
   // never redirect assets
   if (patterns.assetPaths.test(req.path)) return next()
 
   // All /api/ endpoints handle their own redirects
   // such as /api/pageinfo redirects to /api/pageinfo/v1
   if (req.path.startsWith('/api/')) return next()
 
-  // Any double-slashes in the URL should be removed first
-  if (req.path.includes('//')) {
-    return res.redirect(301, req.path.replace(/(\/+)/g, '/'))
-  }
-
   // blanket redirects for languageless homepage
   if (req.path === '/') {
     const language = getLanguage(req)