Unnecessary localization gets appended to alternate default locale URL of the home page

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, 7.2.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP89, 7.0.10.13 DXP SP13, 7.0.X, 7.1.10 DXP FP16, 7.1.X, 7.2.10 DXP FP4, 7.2.X, 7.2.1 CE GA2, 7.3.10 DXP GA1, Master
• Component/s: Portal Services > Localization
• Labels:
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-dxp-70-sp13
  • liferay-fixpack-de-89-7010
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-16-7110
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-4-7210
• Branch Version/s:
  7.2.x, 7.1.x, 7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 2
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/79725

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start a latest master bundle
2. Create a site
3. Create two pages, called Home and Test Page
4. Go to the site's configuration, set a virtual host for public pages e.g. www.test.com
5. Access the Test Page with the virtual host URL (www.test.com:8080/test-page)
6. Search for the block that contains "hreflang="en-US", verify that "/en" is not appended to the alternate URL of "en-US".
   Result:

   <link data-senna-track="temporary" 
   href="http&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;www&#x2e;test&#x2e;com&#x3a;8080&#x2f;test-page" 
   hreflang="en-US" rel="alternate" />
   

1. Access Home page with the virtual host URL (www.test.com:8080)
2. Search for the block that contains "hreflang="en-US"
   Result:

    <link data-senna-track="temporary" 
   href="http&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;www&#x2e;test&#x2e;com&#x3a;8080&#x2f;en" 
   hreflang="en-US" rel="alternate" />
   

Actual behavior: "/en" is appended at the home page

Expected behavior: "/en" is not appended at the home page

7.0x @ commit (95fbd247632916f4fc0943e6481ce5feebdf70e8) reproduced

master @ commit (ff3286fd16693d3660fe117d8001def232fe3c90) reproduced