How do I put a nextjs app in maintenance mode (using Vercel) - next.js

I've just released my nextjs app to production using Vercel.
I'm loving the whole experience except for one tiny part: I would have loved to be able to put my app in maintenance mode, but this option does not seem available on Vercel.
My question is: Has anyone achieved this before and could share some details here?
I'm guessing it could be done at 2 levels:
Modifying my app so that if an environment variable (i.e MAINTENANCE_MODE=true) is detected, every page redirects to a maintenance screen. However, this is not ideal, because adding an environment variable on Vercel requires a deployment for it to be taken into account.
Having a simple per-project toggle to enable/disable maintenance mode from Vercel. That would be mind-blowing.

"Maintenance Mode" can be achieved with an Environment Variable and redirects property in your next.config.js (requires Next.js 9.5.0 or newer).
module.exports = {
redirects() {
return [
process.env.MAINTENANCE_MODE === "1"
? { source: "/((?!maintenance).*)", destination: "/maintenance.html", permanent: false }
: null,
].filter(Boolean);
}
};
This adds a wildcard route that matches incoming requests and then issues a temporary redirect the /maintenance.html location.
Note that you cannot make changes to a deployment (config or environment variables) without deploying again.
Old Answer
If you're not using Next.js or using an old version of Next.js, "Maintenance Mode" can be achieved with the redirects property in vercel.json.
{
"redirects": [
{ "source": "/((?!maintenance).*)", "destination": "/maintenance.html", "permanent": false }
]
}

A different solution I am currently using would be to create a separate maintenance page and then conditionally intercept the rendering of the actual component based on an environment variable.
I achieve this by adjusting the _app.js code to:
function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }) {
if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_MAINTENANCE_MODE === 'false') {
return <Component {...pageProps} />
} else {
return <Maintenance />
}
Note that as mentioned in earlier answers, this relies on the Vercel env variables, per their website: "A new Deployment is required for your changes to take effect."

To add on to comment by #ptrkcsk, if you are going the route of putting a maintenance page in pages directory and are rendering images with the <Image> component from next/image you will also want to include your static folder to the redirects regex.
This is the source pattern that is working for me: /((?!maintenance)(?!_next)(?!static).*)

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