It's also just stupid

[username]/page for example will render and my parallel route itself will never render

Nextjs might be the shittiest framework that does exist

Has vulnerabilities, doesnt work and has useless documentation

Fuck this

lmao.

chill

this is what you're tryna do right?

i apologize for the giant watermark

make sure you follow this
https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/parallel-routes

here's a repo to make things easier
https://github.com/vercel/nextgram

nextjs does this weird caching of routes. I don't even know if its a bug. So if its not working, clear your browser's cache. If that doesn't work, delete your .next folder and restart the server

ye that's possible all you have to do is:
1. create actual route (/productId123/page.tsx)
2. create slot/parallel route (e.g. /@dialog)
3. create default (/@dialog/default.tsx) and interceptor (/@dialog/(.)productId123/page.tsx)
4. render @dialog in layout

ur dialog should be rendered within /@dialog/(.)productId123/page.tsx, assuming you are using shadcn you can use defaultOpen / make it controlled to ensure animation works

also it might be necessary to remove .next folder and restart app (atleast used to be in 15.x.x)