From cfd8ed3fff02af93b3fbd2e3f3a47128bd3582bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Scott <atscott@google.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:48:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(router): Fix outlet serialization and parsing with no
 primary children (#64505)

this fixes tree creation, serialization, and parsing of trees created with
children outlets and no primary path

fixes #62384

PR Close #64505
---
 packages/router/src/url_tree.ts       |  2 +-
 packages/router/test/url_tree.spec.ts | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts b/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
index 54cacd16f2c..b6d29898355 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ class UrlParser {
 
       const children = this.parseChildren();
       segments[outletName] =
-        Object.keys(children).length === 1
+        Object.keys(children).length === 1 && children[PRIMARY_OUTLET]
           ? children[PRIMARY_OUTLET]
           : new UrlSegmentGroup([], children);
       this.consumeOptional('//');
diff --git a/packages/router/test/url_tree.spec.ts b/packages/router/test/url_tree.spec.ts
index 645e6c60b1b..10a37e0d469 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/url_tree.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/router/test/url_tree.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
-import {exactMatchOptions, subsetMatchOptions} from '../src/router';
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {exactMatchOptions, Router, subsetMatchOptions} from '../src/router';
 import {containsTree, DefaultUrlSerializer} from '../src/url_tree';
 
 describe('UrlTree', () => {
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@ describe('UrlTree', () => {
       const tree = serializer.parse('/path/to?first=http://foo/bar?baz=true&second=123');
       expect(tree.queryParams).toEqual({'first': 'http://foo/bar?baz=true', 'second': '123'});
     });
+
+    it('create, serialize, parse, serialize results in same serialized tree with outlet and no primary children', () => {
+      const router = TestBed.inject(Router);
+      const th = router.createUrlTree(['/', {outlets: {a: ['a'], b: [{outlets: {a: ['b1']}}]}}]);
+      const serialized = router.serializeUrl(th);
+      const p = router.parseUrl(serialized);
+      expect(router.serializeUrl(p)).toBe(serialized);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('containsTree', () => {