Group layout is ignored if user navigates with goto
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Description
Describe the bug
I have a project with several groups with different layouts, and I noticed that if the user navigates from one page from one group to another page from another group with a different layout using the goto function, the second layout is ignored.
If the user navigates directly using the URL bar or instead of using the goto function, it uses a classic link with href or window.location the correct layout is loaded.
Reproduction
I created this small project with the following structure
routes
'---> (app)
'---> +layout.svelte
'---> +page.svelte
'---> (no-style)
'---> +layout.svelte
'---> hi
'---> +page.svelte
If you click the button Navigate to another page it will go to the other page but it will not respect the layout of the group, it will still use the layout from the (app) group.
If you write /hi on the address bar directly, it will go to the other page using the right layout (no-style).
System Info
System:
OS: macOS 15.3.2
CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M3 Pro
Memory: 876.83 MB / 36.00 GB
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 20.18.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.18.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.22 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm: 10.8.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.18.0/bin/npm
pnpm: 9.15.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pnpm
Browsers:
Brave Browser: 135.1.77.97
Chrome: 135.0.7049.42
Safari: 18.3.1
npmPackages:
@sveltejs/adapter-auto: 6.0.0 => 6.0.0
@sveltejs/adapter-vercel: 5.7.0 => 5.7.0
@sveltejs/kit: 2.20.5 => 2.20.5
@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte: 5.0.3 => 5.0.3
svelte: 5.25.10 => 5.25.10
vite: 6.2.6 => 6.2.6
Severity
serious, but I can work around it
Additional Information
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Research direction
Start with the linked SvelteLab reproduction and the goto entry point, comparing navigation with direct URL, href, and window.location navigation. The work is done when navigating between the (app) and (no-style) groups loads the destination group's layout consistently; no source files or tests are named in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100