Redirect loop on state with error resolve, using "when" at the root

[rmorrise]

Note: This issue is similar to #1022 (comment), except that in this case, the otherwise function is never invoked.

I have set the following:

$urlRouterProvider.when('/', '/projectView');
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/404');

$stateProvider.state('defaultProjectView', 
                {
                    url:'/projectView',
                    template: '<ui-view></ui-view>',
                    controller: ...,
                    resolve: {
                        rootNode: function() { /* returns some promise of data to be loaded */ }
                    }
                }
            });

If rootNode's promise is rejected, the browser goes into an infinite loop, triggering the rootNode function over and over again.

The otherwise function is never invoked.

I am using v0.2.18 in Angular 1.5.2.

As with the other issue, there is a workaround. The when mapping must be changed to:

$urlRouterProvider.when('/', function($injector) {
      var $state = $injector.get('$state');
      return $state.go('defaultProjectView');
    });

[eddiemonge]

Do you have a 404 state?

[rmorrise]

Yes, but it's never invoked in this use case. Here is the 404 state's config:

$stateProvider.state('404', 
    {
          url: '/404',
          templateUrl: 'app/core/404.html',
          title: '404'
    }
);

I also changed the 404 'otherwise' to:

    $urlRouterProvider.otherwise(function($injector) {
      var $state = $injector.get('$state');
      return $state.go('404');
    });

but the 'otherwise' function is not called.

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