Does the order of routes matter? Interesting issue (and fix) with a page not found component 🔎

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Bit of a weird one... I'm not sure if this is well-known or just me 🤣 Either way, it's a good thing to know!

Issue

Routes suddenly stopped working. When trying the access http://localhost:4200/teamcity/builds I would see the page not found view instead.

const teamCityRoutes: Routes = [
  { path: '', component: TeamCityComponent },
  { path: '', redirectTo: '/', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: '**', component: PageNotFoundComponent }, // ✨
  { path: 'builds', component: BuildsComponent }
];

Fix

Order of the PageNotFoundComponent route. I can now the the builds view as expected.

const teamCityRoutes: Routes = [
  { path: '', component: TeamCityComponent },
  { path: '', redirectTo: '/', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'builds', component: BuildsComponent },
  { path: '**', component: PageNotFoundComponent } // 😇
];