Unloaded route manifest causes blank page to show with React Router 7 fog of war

[nagytom]

I'm using React Router as a...

framework

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vite-yyddap2q

1. Refresh page on /
2. Click on go to /parent/child
3. Click on go to /
4. Click on go to /parent
5. You should see a blank page as the route manifest is not loaded properly, a page refresh is needed

System Info

System:
  OS: macOS 15.3.1
  CPU: (14) arm64 Apple M3 Max
  Memory: 2.96 GB / 36.00 GB
  Shell: 5.2.37 - /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
Binaries:
  Node: 22.13.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.1/bin/node
  npm: 11.1.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.13.1/bin/npm
Browsers:
  Chrome: 133.0.6943.142
  Safari: 18.3
npmPackages:
  @react-router/dev: ^7.2.0 => 7.2.0
  @react-router/node: ^7.2.0 => 7.2.0
  @react-router/serve: ^7.2.0 => 7.2.0
  react-router: ^7.2.0 => 7.2.0
  vite: ^5.4.11 => 5.4.14

Used Package Manager

npm

Expected Behavior

Load the route manifest even if it's not discoverable via Links.

Actual Behavior

A blank page is shown without any error message.

[brophdawg11]

This should be fixed by #13203 and available in the next release

[github-actions]

🤖 Hello there,

We just published version 7.4.0 which involves this issue. If you'd like to take it for a test run please try it out and let us know what you think!

Thanks!