`react-doctor/react-router-nested-route-requires-outlet`

Nested routes have no Outlet

Category: Bugs
Severity: error
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: react-router
Tags: test-noise
Default: Enabled

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/react-router-nested-route-requires-outlet. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

Compare the code

The corrected pattern shows a focused way to address the diagnostic.

Reported pattern

const Dashboard = () => <main><DashboardNav /></main>;

Corrected pattern

const Dashboard = () => (
  <main>
    <DashboardNav />
    <Outlet />
  </main>
);

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

Copyable fix prompt

Copy this self-contained prompt into your coding agent after you confirm the diagnostic.

Fix every confirmed react-doctor/react-router-nested-route-requires-outlet diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Render <Outlet /> from the parent route component where child routes belong.

Reference transformation:Before:

const Dashboard = () => <main><DashboardNav /></main>;

After:

const Dashboard = () => (
  <main>
    <DashboardNav />
    <Outlet />
  </main>
);

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: react-router. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

More Bugs rules from the rules reference:

react-doctor/react-router-no-catch-middleware-next: Middleware catch cannot observe downstream errors
react-doctor/react-router-no-client-module-in-server-render: Client-only module rendered on the server
react-doctor/react-router-no-duplicate-route-id: Duplicate route ID
react-doctor/react-router-no-empty-leaf-route: Leaf route renders nothing
react-doctor/react-router-no-invalid-absolute-child-path: Absolute child path escapes its parent

react-doctor/react-router-nested-route-requires-outlet