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Overview

Previously, setting admin.meta.title to a Next.js TemplateString object would render [object Object] in the browser tab:

// Before - broken: browser tab shows "[object Object] - My CMS"
admin: {
  meta: {
    title: { default: 'Dashboard', template: '%s | Dashboard' },
    titleSuffix: '- My CMS',
  }
}

// After - works: browser tab shows "Dashboard - My CMS", collection pages show "Posts | Dashboard - My CMS"
admin: {
  meta: {
    title: { default: 'Dashboard', template: '%s | Dashboard' },
    titleSuffix: '- My CMS',
  }
}

Fixes #16111

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milamer pushed a commit to milamer/payload that referenced this pull request Apr 20, 2026
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fix(next): admin.meta.title object form renders [object Object] in br…
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…owser tab (payloadcms#16117)

# Overview

Previously, setting `admin.meta.title` to a Next.js `TemplateString`
object would render `[object Object]` in the browser tab:

```ts
// Before - broken: browser tab shows "[object Object] - My CMS"
admin: {
  meta: {
    title: { default: 'Dashboard', template: '%s | Dashboard' },
    titleSuffix: '- My CMS',
  }
}

// After - works: browser tab shows "Dashboard - My CMS", collection pages show "Posts | Dashboard - My CMS"
admin: {
  meta: {
    title: { default: 'Dashboard', template: '%s | Dashboard' },
    titleSuffix: '- My CMS',
  }
}
```

Fixes payloadcms#16111 

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