diff --git a/components/context/MainContext.tsx b/components/context/MainContext.tsx
index e06ef3cfcf..f14b0ac877 100644
--- a/components/context/MainContext.tsx
+++ b/components/context/MainContext.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ export type ProductT = {
   versions?: Array<string>
 }
 
-export type ProductGroupT = {
-  name: string
-  icon: string
-  octicon: string
-  children: Array<ProductT>
-}
-
 type VersionItem = {
   // free-pro-team@latest, enterprise-cloud@latest, enterprise-server@3.3 ...
   version: string
@@ -77,7 +70,6 @@ export type MainContextT = {
     article?: BreadcrumbT
   }
   activeProducts: Array<ProductT>
-  productGroups: Array<ProductGroupT>
   communityRedirect: {
     name: string
     href: string
@@ -137,7 +129,6 @@ export const getMainContext = async (req: any, res: any): Promise<MainContextT>
   return {
     breadcrumbs: req.context.breadcrumbs || {},
     activeProducts: req.context.activeProducts,
-    productGroups: req.context.productGroups,
     communityRedirect: req.context.page?.communityRedirect || {},
     currentProduct: req.context.productMap[req.context.currentProduct] || null,
     currentLayoutName: req.context.currentLayoutName,
diff --git a/components/homepage/ProductSelectionCard.tsx b/components/homepage/ProductSelectionCard.tsx
index 7a758a4cd4..6d9b5065b4 100644
--- a/components/homepage/ProductSelectionCard.tsx
+++ b/components/homepage/ProductSelectionCard.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { ProductT, ProductGroupT, useMainContext } from 'components/context/MainContext'
+import { ProductT, useMainContext } from 'components/context/MainContext'
+import type { ProductGroupT } from 'components/homepage/ProductSelections'
 
 import React from 'react'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
diff --git a/components/homepage/ProductSelections.tsx b/components/homepage/ProductSelections.tsx
index 2aa0d014a2..852fedaf00 100644
--- a/components/homepage/ProductSelections.tsx
+++ b/components/homepage/ProductSelections.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
-import { useMainContext } from 'components/context/MainContext'
-
 import React from 'react'
+
+import type { ProductT } from 'components/context/MainContext'
 import { ProductSelectionCard } from './ProductSelectionCard'
 
-export const ProductSelections = () => {
-  const { productGroups } = useMainContext()
+export type ProductGroupT = {
+  name: string
+  icon: string
+  octicon: string
+  children: Array<ProductT>
+}
 
+type Props = {
+  productGroups: Array<ProductGroupT>
+}
+
+export const ProductSelections = ({ productGroups }: Props) => {
   return (
     <section className="container-xl pb-lg-4 mt-6 px-3 px-md-6" data-testid="product">
       <div className="">
diff --git a/middleware/context.js b/middleware/context.js
index 6cc53abb73..6c892a780d 100644
--- a/middleware/context.js
+++ b/middleware/context.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import languages from '../lib/languages.js'
 import enterpriseServerReleases from '../lib/enterprise-server-releases.js'
 import { allVersions } from '../lib/all-versions.js'
-import { productMap, getProductGroups } from '../lib/all-products.js'
+import { productMap } from '../lib/all-products.js'
 import pathUtils from '../lib/path-utils.js'
 import productNames from '../lib/product-names.js'
 import warmServer from '../lib/warm-server.js'
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export default async function contextualize(req, res, next) {
   req.context.currentProduct = getProductStringFromPath(req.pagePath)
   req.context.currentCategory = getCategoryStringFromPath(req.pagePath)
   req.context.productMap = productMap
-  req.context.productGroups = getProductGroups(pageMap, req.language)
   req.context.activeProducts = activeProducts
   req.context.allVersions = allVersions
   req.context.currentPathWithoutLanguage = getPathWithoutLanguage(req.pagePath)
diff --git a/middleware/contextualizers/product-groups.js b/middleware/contextualizers/product-groups.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74bcb0cc95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/contextualizers/product-groups.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { getProductGroups } from '../../lib/all-products.js'
+import warmServer from '../../lib/warm-server.js'
+import { languageKeys } from '../../lib/languages.js'
+import { allVersionKeys } from '../../lib/all-versions.js'
+
+const isHomepage = (path) => {
+  const split = path.split('/')
+  // E.g. `/foo` but not `foo/bar` or `foo/`
+  if (split.length === 2 && split[1] && !split[0]) {
+    return languageKeys.includes(split[1])
+  }
+  // E.g. `/foo/possiblyproductname` but not `foo/possiblyproductname` or
+  // `/foo/something/`
+  if (split.length === 3 && !split[0] && split[2]) {
+    return allVersionKeys.includes(split[2])
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+export default async function productGroups(req, res, next) {
+  // It's important to use `req.pathPage` instead of `req.path` because
+  // the request could be the client-side routing from Next where the URL
+  // might be something like `/_next/data/foo/bar.json` which is translated,
+  // in another middleware, to what it would equate to if it wasn't
+  // client-side routing.
+  if (isHomepage(req.pagePath)) {
+    const { pages } = await warmServer()
+    req.context.productGroups = getProductGroups(pages, req.language)
+  }
+
+  return next()
+}
diff --git a/middleware/index.js b/middleware/index.js
index 610e593d0e..dff852abe9 100644
--- a/middleware/index.js
+++ b/middleware/index.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import genericToc from './contextualizers/generic-toc.js'
 import breadcrumbs from './contextualizers/breadcrumbs.js'
 import features from './contextualizers/features.js'
 import productExamples from './contextualizers/product-examples.js'
+import productGroups from './contextualizers/product-groups.js'
 import featuredLinks from './featured-links.js'
 import learningTrack from './learning-track.js'
 import next from './next.js'
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ export default function (app) {
   app.use(asyncMiddleware(instrument(breadcrumbs, './contextualizers/breadcrumbs')))
   app.use(instrument(features, './contextualizers/features'))
   app.use(asyncMiddleware(instrument(productExamples, './contextualizers/product-examples')))
+  app.use(asyncMiddleware(instrument(productGroups, './contextualizers/product-groups')))
 
   app.use(asyncMiddleware(instrument(featuredLinks, './featured-links')))
   app.use(asyncMiddleware(instrument(learningTrack, './learning-track')))
diff --git a/pages/index.tsx b/pages/index.tsx
index 751d5d1997..15c86d3d50 100644
--- a/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/index.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import { GetServerSideProps } from 'next'
+import React from 'react'
+import type { GetServerSideProps } from 'next'
 
 import { MainContextT, MainContext, getMainContext } from 'components/context/MainContext'
 
-import React from 'react'
 import { DefaultLayout } from 'components/DefaultLayout'
 import { useTranslation } from 'components/hooks/useTranslation'
 import { ArticleList } from 'components/landing/ArticleList'
 import { HomePageHero } from 'components/homepage/HomePageHero'
+import type { ProductGroupT } from 'components/homepage/ProductSelections'
 import { ProductSelections } from 'components/homepage/ProductSelections'
 
 type FeaturedLink = {
@@ -19,13 +20,23 @@ type Props = {
   mainContext: MainContextT
   popularLinks: Array<FeaturedLink>
   gettingStartedLinks: Array<FeaturedLink>
+  productGroups: Array<ProductGroupT>
 }
 
-export default function MainHomePage({ mainContext, gettingStartedLinks, popularLinks }: Props) {
+export default function MainHomePage({
+  mainContext,
+  gettingStartedLinks,
+  popularLinks,
+  productGroups,
+}: Props) {
   return (
     <MainContext.Provider value={mainContext}>
       <DefaultLayout>
-        <HomePage gettingStartedLinks={gettingStartedLinks} popularLinks={popularLinks} />
+        <HomePage
+          gettingStartedLinks={gettingStartedLinks}
+          popularLinks={popularLinks}
+          productGroups={productGroups}
+        />
       </DefaultLayout>
     </MainContext.Provider>
   )
@@ -34,15 +45,16 @@ export default function MainHomePage({ mainContext, gettingStartedLinks, popular
 type HomePageProps = {
   popularLinks: Array<FeaturedLink>
   gettingStartedLinks: Array<FeaturedLink>
+  productGroups: Array<ProductGroupT>
 }
 function HomePage(props: HomePageProps) {
-  const { gettingStartedLinks, popularLinks } = props
+  const { gettingStartedLinks, popularLinks, productGroups } = props
   const { t } = useTranslation(['toc'])
 
   return (
     <div>
       <HomePageHero />
-      <ProductSelections />
+      <ProductSelections productGroups={productGroups} />
       <div className="mt-6 px-3 px-md-6 container-xl">
         <div className="container-xl">
           <div className="gutter gutter-xl-spacious clearfix">
@@ -67,6 +79,7 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Props> = async (context) =>
   return {
     props: {
       mainContext: await getMainContext(req, res),
+      productGroups: req.context.productGroups,
       gettingStartedLinks: req.context.featuredLinks.gettingStarted.map(
         ({ title, href, intro }: any) => ({ title, href, intro })
       ),
diff --git a/tests/rendering/homepage.js b/tests/rendering/homepage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b303360811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rendering/homepage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { expect, jest } from '@jest/globals'
+
+import { getDOM } from '../helpers/e2etest.js'
+
+describe('rendering the home page(s)', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(5 * 60 * 1000)
+
+  test('homepage has product links', async () => {
+    const $ = await getDOM('/en')
+    const products = $('[data-testid=product]')
+    expect(products.length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  test('homepage in non-default language has product links', async () => {
+    const $ = await getDOM('/ja')
+    const products = $('[data-testid=product]')
+    expect(products.length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  test('homepage in non-default product', async () => {
+    const $ = await getDOM('/en/enterprise-cloud@latest')
+    const products = $('[data-testid=product]')
+    expect(products.length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  test('homepage in non-default product in non-default language', async () => {
+    const $ = await getDOM('/ja/enterprise-cloud@latest')
+    const products = $('[data-testid=product]')
+    expect(products.length).toBe(1)
+  })
+})