Generated canonical links do not point to main language, but to current language

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Environment

"@nuxtjs/i18n": "^8.3.0"
"nuxt": "^3.11.2"

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Describe the bug

Given the config below, the generated canonical link for the page in the default lang en on http://localhost:3000 will be correct: <link rel="canonical" href="http://localhost:3000/" data-hid="5cca6f5">

However, switching to the nl locale, the generated canonical link will point to the URL with /nl appended: <link rel="canonical" href="http://localhost:3000/nl" data-hid="5cca6f5">

The canonical link should point to the main language link as these pages are considered the same for SEO purposes, only have different language.

Using the prefix_except_default strategy.

  i18n: {
    vueI18n: './i18n.config.ts',
    baseUrl: process.env.FRONTEND_URL,
    langDir: 'translations',
    lazy: true,
    locales: [
      // https://i18n.nuxtjs.org/docs/guide/seo#feature-details
      {
        code: 'en',
        iso: 'en-US',
        file: 'en.js',
        isCatchallLocale: true,
      },
      {
        code: 'nl',
        iso: 'nl-NL',
        file: 'nl.js',
      },
    ],
    defaultLocale: 'en',
    // https://i18n.nuxtjs.org/docs/guide#strategies
    strategy: 'prefix_except_default',
}

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