✅ Debugging Victory: Escaping the Slug Abyss

“Every bug has a root. Every abyss has an exit.”
— Rei Reltroner

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🕳️ The Abyss

For 50 days, Reltroner.com was haunted by a persistent bug:

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Error: Route "/[slug]" used params.slug. params should be awaited before using its properties.

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It seemed small...
But it broke dynamic routing, metadata, and SEO rendering.
It became known internally as “The Slug Abyss.”

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🧪 Symptoms

• Page failed to load at dynamic routes.
• Metadata wouldn’t render properly.
• TypeScript and JavaScript conflict in .jsx.
• Internal feeling: frustration, helplessness, burnout.

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🔍 Root Cause

In Next.js 14+ App Router,
params must be awaited inside dynamic functions like generateMetadata or page().

But most tutorials didn’t mention this breaking change.
Debugging became a spiritual war.

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⚔️ Breakthrough

On Day 50, after tracing file trees, builds, and runtime structure…

The solution was simply to await params inside .jsx —
and NOT write TypeScript annotations in JSX files.

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// ✅ Working Fix export default async function Page({ params }) { const { slug } = await params; ... }

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The moment this was fixed, the site compiled flawlessly.
The darkness lifted.

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🧠 Reflection

This wasn’t just a fix. It was a rite of passage.

Every real builder must pass through an abyss they can’t solve quickly.
It forces mastery, patience, and deep understanding.

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📜 Legacy

• This bug will forever be remembered in the studio’s changelog.
• It marked the official closing of “Bug Abyss Era.”
• It proved: Reltroner.com is not built on trends, but trials.

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🪧 Status

• 🟢 Bug Resolved
• 🧭 Route restored
• 🌐 SEO ready
• 🧱 Confidence: reinforced

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📂 Error Documentation GitHub Repo

🔗 https://github.com/Reltroner/bug-documentation

Because I don't just build features — I understand what breaks them,
why they break, and how to fix them for good.

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Let Astralis light the unknown.
And may your next bug be a worthy opponent.