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Adds a live Router inspector.

  • Current: active route tree with params, data, title, outlets and links on the page
  • Navigations: timeline of every navigation with trigger, caller, guards and resolvers run, redirects, timing per phase, and why it was cancelled or failed
  • Routes: the live route config (lazy routes show up once loaded), test a URL against it, navigate to a route from the panel
  • Setup: router options, features and strategies in use
  • Lint: route config problems (ordering, duplicates, redirects, guards, missing titles)

MCP tools: inspect-route, explain-navigation, list-routes, lint-routes, router-config, export-navigation, explain-render-mode, navigate. All have tests.

Works with provideRouter and RouterModule.forRoot. Dev mode only.

Checked with pnpm format:check, typecheck, test, test:devtools, build, extension:build, devtools:build-pkg.

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  • New Features
    • Added a Router inspector with live route and outlet details, navigation history, route configuration, router setup, and lint findings.
    • Added tools to filter and explain navigations, replay and export navigation records, match and navigate routes, and inspect lazy routes.
    • Added route examples demonstrating parameterized routes, redirects, blocked navigation, and resolver failures.
    • Added sensitive-data redaction for route and navigation details.
  • Documentation
    • Expanded the README with Router inspector views, available tools, limitations, and data-redaction details.

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This change adds Angular Router state capture, navigation tracking and actions, agent tools, and inspector views. It also adds router examples, tests, and documentation.

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Live Router Inspection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Router state capture and serialization
packages/ng-devtools/src/router.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/router-config.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/router-links.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/router-setup.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/__tests__/router-real.test.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/__tests__/router-forroot.test.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/__tests__/router-tools.test.ts
Router utilities discover Angular routers, serialize snapshots, track navigation events, collect route configuration, outlets, links, and setup details, and redact sensitive values. Tests cover discovery, snapshots, navigation records, redaction, and capture behavior.
Navigation instrumentation and overlay actions
packages/ng-devtools/src/router-actions.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/overlay.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/__tests__/router-features.test.ts
The overlay publishes router reports and handles router-action requests. Actions support navigation, abort, replay, probe, instrumentation, and lazy-route resolution. Instrumentation records navigation callers, guard and resolver runs, and preloads.
Report state and router agent tools
packages/ng-devtools/src/rpc/router-tools.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/rpc/router-config-tools.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/rpc/server-routes.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/rpc/forms-tools.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/rpc/get-routes.ts, packages/ng-devtools/src/__tests__/router-*.test.ts, README.md
Devframe validates and stores reports, then exposes route inspection, navigation explanations, route listing and linting, setup and render-mode details, reproduction export, and navigation actions. Tests cover report validation, tool output, server-route parsing, and utilities. The README documents router tools and the live router resource.
Router inspector views
app/src/pages/router-types.ts, app/src/pages/live-route.ts, app/src/pages/route-current.ts, app/src/pages/route-timeline.ts, app/src/pages/route-tree.ts, app/src/pages/route-lint.ts, app/src/pages/route-setup.ts, app/src/pages/route-inspector.ts, app/src/pages/component-tree.ts, extension/ui/*
The inspector presents current route state, navigation history, route configuration, setup, and lint findings. The component tree displays route and outlet matches.
Example routes
src/app/app.routes.server.ts, src/app/examples/examples.routes.ts, src/app/examples/route-guards.ts, src/app/examples/routes-example.ts
The example app adds a parameterized user route, redirecting and blocking guards, and successful and failing resolvers. It adds navigation links and client-rendered server-route entries.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AngularRouter
  participant initOverlay
  participant Devframe
  participant LiveRoute
  AngularRouter->>initOverlay: Provide router state and navigation events
  initOverlay->>Devframe: Publish router report
  Devframe->>LiveRoute: Update shared router state
  Devframe->>initOverlay: Send correlated router action
  initOverlay->>AngularRouter: Run router action
  initOverlay->>Devframe: Return action result
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f3f24

Router inspection remains usable, but several edge-case MCP workflows return inconsistent errors or incomplete navigation reproductions and should be corrected.

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In @packages/ng-devtools/src/overlay.ts:
- Line 302: Update the overlay’s `sentGeneration` logic so it advances only when
`push-router` confirms the config was stored; otherwise reset it so later
reports resend the config. Return that stored-config status from the server’s
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- resend the route config when the server does not have it, and on pageshow
- give failed navigation calls unique ids
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🟡 Minor · Default an empty page before dispatching the action. · devframe.ts:166-183

packages/ng-devtools/src/devframe.ts:166-183
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Default an empty page before dispatching the action.

pageProperty accepts any string, including "". The ?? fallback preserves that value. The overlay then treats the empty value as an untargeted broadcast, so every router-bearing tab can execute the action. The first tab response resolves the request, which can return a result from a different tab.

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-        const result = await requestRouterAction(args.page ?? defaultPageId(), request);
+        const result = await requestRouterAction(args.page || defaultPageId(), request);
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🟡 Minor · Reject router actions for pages without a snapshot. · devframe.ts:548-551

packages/ng-devtools/src/devframe.ts:548-551
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject router actions for pages without a snapshot.

RouterReport accepts snapshot: null, and the overlay sends that report when no router is available. The navigate handler checks only state.pages.length, so it can dispatch an action to a selected null-snapshot page. The overlay then returns This page has no Router. instead of the shared no-router response.

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       }) => {
         const state = routerState.value() as RouterState;
-        if (!state.pages.length) return { markdown: noRouter };
+        const page = args.page
+          ? state.pages.find((p) => p.pageId === args.page)
+          : state.pages.find((p) => p.snapshot);
+        if (!page?.snapshot) return { markdown: noRouter };
         const request =
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navigate handler to resolve the requested page, or the default page when none is
specified, and return the shared no-router response unless that page has a
snapshot. Do not dispatch an action for a page with a null snapshot.
🟡 Minor · Validate routeId before dispatching resolve-lazy. · devframe.ts:701-758

packages/ng-devtools/src/devframe.ts:701-758
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Validate routeId before dispatching resolve-lazy.

The tool schema requires only action, so { action: "resolve-lazy" } is valid. The handler passes args.routeId as id, and findConfig calls id.split('.'). When routeId is missing, this throws a TypeError. The overlay converts it to an error response, so the user receives a runtime error instead of a controlled validation message.

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         if (!state.pages.length) return { markdown: noRouter };
+        if (args.action === 'resolve-lazy' && typeof args.routeId !== 'string') {
+          return { markdown: 'routeId is required for resolve-lazy.' };
+        }
         const request =
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In @packages/ng-devtools/src/devframe.ts around lines 701 - 758, Validate
`args.routeId` in the router tool handler before building the `resolve-lazy`
request; when it is missing or not a string, return a controlled validation
message instead of dispatching a request that can fail in `findConfig`.
🟡 Minor · 🎯 Functional Correctness · router-config-tools.ts:610-653

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The export implementation omits redirects after an intermediate navigation. It follows redirectedFrom backward, then includes only direct children of the selected navigation. For a chain #1 → #2 → #3 → #4, exporting #2 outputs #1, #2, and #3, but omits #4.

The export tool contract promises the “full redirect chain with every detail from explain-navigation.” Use the shared redirect-chain helper or otherwise traverse all descendants at the export boundary so every record in the selected navigation’s chain is included.

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In @packages/ng-devtools/src/rpc/router-config-tools.ts around lines 610 - 653,
Update exportNavigationText to include the full redirect chain for the selected
navigation, including redirects after intermediate records. Reuse the shared
redirect-chain helper if available, or traverse descendants from the selected
navigation, while preserving the existing navigation details in the export.

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In @packages/ng-devtools/src/devframe.ts:
- Around line 548-551: Update the navigate handler to resolve the requested
page, or the default page when none is specified, and return the shared
no-router response unless that page has a snapshot. Do not dispatch an action
for a page with a null snapshot.
- Around line 701-758: Validate `args.routeId` in the router tool handler before
building the `resolve-lazy` request; when it is missing or not a string, return
a controlled validation message instead of dispatching a request that can fail
in `findConfig`.

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- Around line 610-653: Update exportNavigationText to include the full redirect
chain for the selected navigation, including redirects after intermediate
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- navigate refuses pages without a router snapshot
- resolve-lazy requires a routeId
- export-navigation includes the whole redirect chain after the selected navigation
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