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express 4.21.2: A child Express router configured with mergeParams: true does not trigger its own router.param callbacks for parameters inherited from a parent route.

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node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:d91480838ac982c9 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-17
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2026-08-18

Case

HOW
Goal
A child Express router configured with mergeParams: true does not trigger its own router.param callbacks for parameters inherited from a parent route.
Packages
Symbols
  • Router
  • router.param
Environment
node
Created
2026-08-17T06:38:46Z

Contract

  1. Express router.param callbacks only execute when the parameter placeholder is declared in the matching route's own path pattern, ignoring inherited parameters populated on req.params by mergeParams: true.
  2. req.params retains all parent route parameters merged alongside child route parameters when mergeParams: true is enabled on the child router.
  3. The parent router's router.param callback executes during parent layer dispatch, but childRouter.param for that same parameter name is never invoked.

Files

  • NOTES.md
  • csx.json
  • package-lock.json
  • package.json
  • test/contract.mjs

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