Angular 15: implementing Lazy Loading and Route Guards Leading to Unexpected Navigation Behavior
I'm prototyping a solution and I'm prototyping a solution and This might be a silly question, but I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. I'm working on an Angular 15 application that uses lazy loading for routing modules, and I've run into a question with route guards. I have a route guard that checks if a user is logged in before allowing access to certain routes. However, when I try to navigate to these routes, I'm working with unexpected behavior where the application seems to redirect back to the home page instead of showing the login page when the user isn't authenticated. Here's a simplified version of my routing configuration: ```typescript const routes: Routes = [ { path: '', component: HomeComponent }, { path: 'login', component: LoginComponent }, { path: 'protected', canActivate: [AuthGuard], loadChildren: () => import('./protected/protected.module').then(m => m.ProtectedModule) }, ]; ``` My `AuthGuard` looks like this: ```typescript @Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' }) export class AuthGuard implements CanActivate { constructor(private authService: AuthService, private router: Router) {} canActivate(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): boolean { if (this.authService.isLoggedIn()) { return true; } this.router.navigate(['/login']); return false; } } ``` I verified that `this.authService.isLoggedIn()` returns `false` when the user is not logged in. However, when I try to navigate to `/protected`, I get redirected to `/login`, which is expected, but then immediately after, it redirects to `/` (home). The console shows no errors, but the behavior is confusing. I’ve tried adding `console.log` statements in the `canActivate` method and the `AuthService`, and everything seems to be executing as expected. I also checked if there are any other guards or resolvers configured for the routes that might affect navigation, but I didn’t find anything. Could this possibly be related to how lazy loading interacts with route guards? Any insights on how to debug this or solutions to prevent the unexpected navigation would be greatly appreciated. I'm working on a web app that needs to handle this. I'd be grateful for any help. I'm working with Typescript in a Docker container on Ubuntu 22.04. Am I missing something obvious?