Disallow nesting at the root of the router

axum/src/extract/matched_path.rs

@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ mod tests {
             "/{*path}",
             any(|req: Request| {
                 Router::new()
-                    .nest("/", Router::new().route("/foo", get(|| async {})))
+                    .nest("/foo", Router::new().route("/bar", get(|| async {})))
                     .oneshot(req)
             }),
         );
 
         let client = TestClient::new(app);
 
-        let res = client.get("/foo").await;
+        let res = client.get("/foo/bar").await;
         assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
     }
 

axum/src/extract/nested_path.rs

@@ -191,42 +191,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
     }
 
-    #[crate::test]
-    async fn nested_at_root() {
-        let api = Router::new().route(
-            "/users",
-            get(|nested_path: NestedPath| {
-                assert_eq!(nested_path.as_str(), "/");
-                async {}
-            }),
-        );
-
-        let app = Router::new().nest("/", api);
-
-        let client = TestClient::new(app);
-
-        let res = client.get("/users").await;
-        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    }
-
-    #[crate::test]
-    async fn deeply_nested_from_root() {
-        let api = Router::new().route(
-            "/users",
-            get(|nested_path: NestedPath| {
-                assert_eq!(nested_path.as_str(), "/api");
-                async {}
-            }),
-        );
-
-        let app = Router::new().nest("/", Router::new().nest("/api", api));
-
-        let client = TestClient::new(app);
-
-        let res = client.get("/api/users").await;
-        assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    }
-
     #[crate::test]
     async fn in_fallbacks() {
         let api = Router::new().fallback(get(|nested_path: NestedPath| {

axum/src/routing/mod.rs

@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ where
     #[doc(alias = "scope")] // Some web frameworks like actix-web use this term
     #[track_caller]
     pub fn nest(self, path: &str, router: Router<S>) -> Self {
+        if path.is_empty() || path == "/" {
+            panic!("Nesting at the root is no longer supported. Use merge instead.");
+        }
+
         let RouterInner {
             path_router,
             fallback_router,
@@ -227,6 +231,10 @@ where
         T::Response: IntoResponse,
         T::Future: Send + 'static,
     {
+        if path.is_empty() || path == "/" {
+            panic!("Nesting at the root is no longer supported. Use fallback_service instead.");
+        }
+
         tap_inner!(self, mut this => {
             panic_on_err!(this.path_router.nest_service(path, service));
         })

axum/src/routing/path_router.rs

@@ -515,10 +515,8 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Node {
 
 #[track_caller]
 fn validate_nest_path(v7_checks: bool, path: &str) -> &str {
-    if path.is_empty() {
-        // nesting at `""` and `"/"` should mean the same thing
-        return "/";
-    }
+    assert!(path.starts_with('/'));
+    assert!(path.len() > 1);
 
     if path.split('/').any(|segment| {
         segment.starts_with("{*") && segment.ends_with('}') && !segment.ends_with("}}")

axum/src/routing/tests/fallback.rs

@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ async fn doesnt_panic_if_used_with_nested_router() {
     async fn handler() {}
 
     let routes_static =
-        Router::new().nest_service("/", crate::routing::get_service(handler.into_service()));
+        Router::new().nest_service("/foo", crate::routing::get_service(handler.into_service()));
 
     let routes_all = Router::new().fallback_service(routes_static);
 
     let client = TestClient::new(routes_all);
 
-    let res = client.get("/foobar").await;
+    let res = client.get("/foo/bar").await;
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
 }
 

axum/src/routing/tests/mod.rs

@@ -600,21 +600,21 @@ async fn head_with_middleware_applied() {
 
     let app = Router::new()
         .nest(
-            "/",
+            "/foo",
             Router::new().route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" })),
         )
         .layer(CompressionLayer::new().compress_when(SizeAbove::new(0)));
 
     let client = TestClient::new(app);
 
     // send GET request
-    let res = client.get("/").header("accept-encoding", "gzip").await;
+    let res = client.get("/foo").header("accept-encoding", "gzip").await;
     assert_eq!(res.headers()["transfer-encoding"], "chunked");
     // cannot have `transfer-encoding: chunked` and `content-length`
     assert!(!res.headers().contains_key("content-length"));
 
     // send HEAD request
-    let res = client.head("/").header("accept-encoding", "gzip").await;
+    let res = client.head("/foo").header("accept-encoding", "gzip").await;
     // no response body so no `transfer-encoding`
     assert!(!res.headers().contains_key("transfer-encoding"));
     // no content-length since we cannot know it since the response

axum/src/routing/tests/nest.rs

@@ -60,74 +60,49 @@ async fn nesting_apps() {
 #[crate::test]
 async fn wrong_method_nest() {
     let nested_app = Router::new().route("/", get(|| async {}));
-    let app = Router::new().nest("/", nested_app);
+    let app = Router::new().nest("/foo", nested_app);
 
     let client = TestClient::new(app);
 
-    let res = client.get("/").await;
+    let res = client.get("/foo").await;
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
 
-    let res = client.post("/").await;
+    let res = client.post("/foo").await;
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
     assert_eq!(res.headers()[ALLOW], "GET,HEAD");
 
-    let res = client.patch("/foo").await;
+    let res = client.patch("/foo/bar").await;
     assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
 }
 
-#[crate::test]
-async fn nesting_router_at_root() {
-    let nested = Router::new().route("/foo", get(|uri: Uri| async move { uri.to_string() }));
-    let app = Router::new().nest("/", nested);
-
-    let client = TestClient::new(app);
-
-    let res = client.get("/").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
-
-    let res = client.get("/foo").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    assert_eq!(res.text().await, "/foo");
-
-    let res = client.get("/foo/bar").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "Nesting at the root is no longer supported. Use merge instead.")]
+fn nest_router_at_root() {
+    let nested = Router::new().route("/foo", get(|| async {}));
+    let _: Router = Router::new().nest("/", nested);
 }
 
-#[crate::test]
-async fn nesting_router_at_empty_path() {
-    let nested = Router::new().route("/foo", get(|uri: Uri| async move { uri.to_string() }));
-    let app = Router::new().nest("", nested);
-
-    let client = TestClient::new(app);
-
-    let res = client.get("/").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
-
-    let res = client.get("/foo").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    assert_eq!(res.text().await, "/foo");
-
-    let res = client.get("/foo/bar").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "Nesting at the root is no longer supported. Use merge instead.")]
+fn nest_router_at_empty_path() {
+    let nested = Router::new().route("/foo", get(|| async {}));
+    let _: Router = Router::new().nest("", nested);
 }
 
-#[crate::test]
-async fn nesting_handler_at_root() {
-    let app = Router::new().nest_service("/", get(|uri: Uri| async move { uri.to_string() }));
-
-    let client = TestClient::new(app);
-
-    let res = client.get("/").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    assert_eq!(res.text().await, "/");
-
-    let res = client.get("/foo").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    assert_eq!(res.text().await, "/foo");
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(
+    expected = "Nesting at the root is no longer supported. Use fallback_service instead."
+)]
+fn nest_service_at_root() {
+    let _: Router = Router::new().nest_service("/", get(|| async {}));
+}
 
-    let res = client.get("/foo/bar").await;
-    assert_eq!(res.status(), StatusCode::OK);
-    assert_eq!(res.text().await, "/foo/bar");
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(
+    expected = "Nesting at the root is no longer supported. Use fallback_service instead."
+)]
+fn nest_service_at_empty_path() {
+    let _: Router = Router::new().nest_service("", get(|| async {}));
 }
 
 #[crate::test]
@@ -227,21 +202,6 @@ async fn nested_multiple_routes() {
     assert_eq!(client.get("/api/teams").await.text().await, "teams");
 }
 
-#[test]
-#[should_panic = r#"Invalid route "/": Insertion failed due to conflict with previously registered route: /"#]
-fn nested_service_at_root_with_other_routes() {
-    let _: Router = Router::new()
-        .nest_service("/", Router::new().route("/users", get(|| async {})))
-        .route("/", get(|| async {}));
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn nested_at_root_with_other_routes() {
-    let _: Router = Router::new()
-        .nest("/", Router::new().route("/users", get(|| async {})))
-        .route("/", get(|| async {}));
-}
-
 #[crate::test]
 async fn multiple_top_level_nests() {
     let app = Router::new()
@@ -405,18 +365,12 @@ macro_rules! nested_route_test {
 }
 
 // test cases taken from https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/issues/714#issuecomment-1058144460
-nested_route_test!(nest_1, nest = "", route = "/", expected = "/");
-nested_route_test!(nest_2, nest = "", route = "/a", expected = "/a");
-nested_route_test!(nest_3, nest = "", route = "/a/", expected = "/a/");
-nested_route_test!(nest_4, nest = "/", route = "/", expected = "/");
-nested_route_test!(nest_5, nest = "/", route = "/a", expected = "/a");
-nested_route_test!(nest_6, nest = "/", route = "/a/", expected = "/a/");
-nested_route_test!(nest_7, nest = "/a", route = "/", expected = "/a");
-nested_route_test!(nest_8, nest = "/a", route = "/a", expected = "/a/a");
-nested_route_test!(nest_9, nest = "/a", route = "/a/", expected = "/a/a/");
-nested_route_test!(nest_11, nest = "/a/", route = "/", expected = "/a/");
-nested_route_test!(nest_12, nest = "/a/", route = "/a", expected = "/a/a");
-nested_route_test!(nest_13, nest = "/a/", route = "/a/", expected = "/a/a/");
+nested_route_test!(nest_1, nest = "/a", route = "/", expected = "/a");
+nested_route_test!(nest_2, nest = "/a", route = "/a", expected = "/a/a");
+nested_route_test!(nest_3, nest = "/a", route = "/a/", expected = "/a/a/");
+nested_route_test!(nest_4, nest = "/a/", route = "/", expected = "/a/");
+nested_route_test!(nest_5, nest = "/a/", route = "/a", expected = "/a/a");
+nested_route_test!(nest_6, nest = "/a/", route = "/a/", expected = "/a/a/");
 
 #[crate::test]
 #[should_panic(