Default route cannot be set to something unknown to app.routes
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Description
The Frontend logic disallows setting a default_route value that is unknown to the `app` as it finds the path within `app.routes`. See:
```js
const defaultRoute = app.forum.attribute('defaultRoute');
let defaultAction = 'index';
for (const i in app.routes) {
if (app.routes[i].path === defaultRoute) defaultAction = i;
}
app.routes[defaultAction].path = '/';
```
It would be great to allow users and extensions to override the value so it actually works, eg pointing to a specific discussion or tag.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the frontend logic that reads `defaultRoute` and searches `app.routes`, using the shown route initialization as the entry point. Determine how an unknown route can be preserved or overridden by users and extensions, then verify that `default_route` can target a specific discussion or tag instead of only a registered route.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100