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Problem

Non-ASCII page paths (Arabic, CJK, ...) are unreachable via client-side navigation in apps built on unrouting (Nuxt 4, vue-router 5).

toVueRouter4 percent-encodes static segments (encodeVueRouterPath), so a file admin/tables/منتجات/index.vue is registered as /admin/tables/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA. Variation routers (v4 and v5) match static segments literally (verified side-by-side with 4.6.4 and 5.3.1):

  • Browser refresh sends the encoded location.pathname → matches the override page ✓
  • In-app navigation (NuxtLink, navigateTo, router.push) passes the raw string /admin/tables/منتجات → literal match fails, falls through to a generic :table() route ✗

This breaks any layer-plus-app pattern (e.g. an app overriding a generic layer page like /admin/tables/:table() with arabic-named table pages), forcing users to hand-register every page in a pages:extend hook.

Proposed fix

For every route whose static segments contain multi-byte UTF-8 escapes, also emit an unnamed twin registered under the decoded spelling (/admin/tables/منتجات), with children decoded recursively:

  • Both spellings are static records pointing at the same file, so route ranking keeps choosing them over dynamic fallbacks.
  • Twins are unnamed at every level → no duplicate-named-route warnings.
  • Only multi-byte escapes are decoded (%C0–%FF). ASCII escapes (%20, %5C, %25, %2F) are navigated identically by the browser and vue-router, and decoding them could introduce path syntax, so they are left untouched.
  • Segments carrying dynamic tokens (:param()) or escaped colons (\:) are skipped.
  • Pure-ASCII trees are untouched via a cheap pre-scan (needsDecodedTwin) → zero regression for the common case.
  • The cached result (~cachedVueRouter) stores the twin-inclusive route list.

Tests

  • test/unit/converters.spec.ts — new decoded static twins suite:
    • one unnamed decoded twin per non-ASCII page, none for ASCII pages
    • resolution test against a real vue-router: raw AND encoded navigation both hit the override file, beating a generic /:database?/admin/tables/:table() fallback (the exact layer+override scenario)
    • dynamic tokens and escaped colons untouched
  • test/unit/nuxt-compat.spec.ts — unicode acceptance test updated with the two expected twins (/测试, /文档 with child 介绍); خاص:جديد (escaped colon) correctly receives none.

All 264 existing tests pass; eslint and tsc --noEmit clean.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved routing for pages with non-ASCII characters in their paths.
    • Encoded and decoded URL forms now resolve to the same page, with decoded static routes taking precedence where applicable.
    • Dynamic route parameters and escaped characters remain handled correctly.

Vue Router (v4 and v5 alike) matches static path segments literally. unrouting
percent-encodes non-ASCII static segments (e.g. /admin/tables/منتجات becomes
/admin/tables/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA) so that a page registered
in the route table matches the encoded location.pathname a browser reports.

Programmatic navigation (NuxtLink, navigateTo, router.push) usually passes the
raw string, which falls through to a generic :slug() route instead of the
customized override page. Emit an unnamed decoded twin for every route whose
static segments contain multi-byte escapes, with children decoded recursively,
so both spellings resolve to the same file.

Only multi-byte (non-ASCII) escapes are decoded: ASCII escapes such as %20,
%5C, %25 are navigated identically by the browser and vue-router, and decoding
them could introduce path syntax. Segments carrying dynamic tokens (:param) or
escaped colons are left untouched. Twins are unnamed at every level to avoid
duplicate named route warnings, and pure-ASCII trees are untouched via a cheap
pre-scan.
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toVueRouter4 now creates unnamed decoded-path twins for routes with multibyte percent-encoded static segments. The twins preserve route data, recursively include decoded children, and remain unchanged for dynamic or escaped segments. Tests cover route resolution and Nuxt compatibility.

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Decoded Vue Router route twins

Layer / File(s) Summary
Route twin generation
src/converters.ts
toVueRouter4 detects multibyte static escapes, creates recursive unnamed decoded twins, preserves route data and files, and includes the expanded routes in caching and returned results. Dynamic tokens, escaped syntax, and values that introduce Vue Router syntax remain unchanged.
Route twin validation
test/unit/converters.spec.ts, test/unit/nuxt-compat.spec.ts
Tests verify decoded routes for non-ASCII static segments, encoded and raw navigation resolution, dynamic and escaped segments, and decoded child routes.

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  toVueRouter4->>DecodedTwinBuilder: Scan routes for multibyte static escapes
  DecodedTwinBuilder-->>toVueRouter4: Return unnamed decoded twins
  toVueRouter4->>RouteCache: Cache expanded route set
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Pages using a Unicode prefix with a dynamic parameter may fail to resolve during raw client-side navigation and fall through to a generic route. Address this narrow routing gap before merging.

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- Line 379: Update parseSegment’s decoded-twin handling so segments containing
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Comment thread src/converters.ts
return path
return path.split('/').map((segment) => {
// Leave dynamic tokens and escaped colons untouched.
if (/[:\\()]/.test(segment) || !MULTIBYTE_ESCAPE_RE.test(segment))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Decode static text in mixed segments when creating decoded twins. parseSegment accepts منتجات-[id].vue and produces separate static and dynamic tokens. decodeVueRouterPath skips the entire segment when it contains :, (, or ), so the route has no decoded twin. Raw /منتجات-value navigation can then fall through to a generic dynamic route. Decode only the static portion and add a resolution test for raw and browser-encoded paths.

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In `@src/converters.ts` at line 379, Update parseSegment’s decoded-twin handling
so segments containing dynamic markers still decode their static portion instead
of being skipped wholesale; preserve dynamic token syntax while producing the
decoded route twin for paths such as المنتجات-[id].vue. Add resolution coverage
for both raw and browser-encoded paths, ensuring raw navigation resolves to the
decoded static route rather than a generic dynamic route.

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