feat: remove automatic flattening of getStaticPaths result (#7845)

* feat: remove automatic flattening of `getStaticPaths` result

* chore: changeset

Author: Princesseuh

.changeset/chilled-ducks-grin.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': major
+---
+
+Removed automatic flattening of `getStaticPaths` result. `.flatMap` and `.flat` should now be used to ensure that you're returning a flat array.

packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts

@@ -1525,10 +1525,7 @@ export type GetStaticPathsResultKeyed = GetStaticPathsResult & {
  */
 export type GetStaticPaths = (
 	options: GetStaticPathsOptions
-) =>
-	| Promise<GetStaticPathsResult | GetStaticPathsResult[]>
-	| GetStaticPathsResult
-	| GetStaticPathsResult[];
+) => Promise<GetStaticPathsResult> | GetStaticPathsResult;
 
 /**
  * Infers the shape of the `params` property returned by `getStaticPaths()`.

packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts

@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ async function getPathsForRoute(
 			mod,
 			route,
 			routeCache: opts.routeCache,
-			isValidate: false,
 			logging: opts.logging,
 			ssr: isServerLikeOutput(opts.settings.config),
 		}).catch((err) => {

packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors-data.ts

@@ -231,6 +231,28 @@ but ${plural ? 'none were' : 'it was not'} able to server-side render \`${compon
 			`Invalid params given to \`getStaticPaths\` path. Expected an \`object\`, got \`${paramType}\``,
 		hint: 'See https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/api-reference/#getstaticpaths for more information on getStaticPaths.',
 	},
+	/**
+	 * @docs
+	 * @see
+	 * - [`getStaticPaths()`](https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/api-reference/#getstaticpaths)
+	 * @description
+	 * `getStaticPaths`'s return value must be an array of objects. In most cases, this error happens because an array of array was returned. Using [`.flatMap()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/flatMap) or a [`.flat()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/flat) call may be useful.
+	 *
+	 * ```ts title="pages/blog/[id].astro"
+	 * export async function getStaticPaths() {
+	 *	return [ // <-- Array
+	 *		{ params: { slug: "blog" } }, // <-- Object
+	 * 		{ params: { slug: "about" } }
+	 * 	];
+	 *}
+	 * ```
+	 */
+	InvalidGetStaticPathsEntry: {
+		title: "Invalid entry inside getStaticPath's return value",
+		message: (entryType) =>
+			`Invalid entry returned by getStaticPaths. Expected an object, got \`${entryType}\``,
+		hint: "If you're using a `.map` call, you might be looking for `.flatMap()` instead. See https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/api-reference/#getstaticpaths for more information on getStaticPaths.",
+	},
 	/**
 	 * @docs
 	 * @see
@@ -254,6 +276,7 @@ but ${plural ? 'none were' : 'it was not'} able to server-side render \`${compon
 			`Invalid type returned by \`getStaticPaths\`. Expected an \`array\`, got \`${returnType}\``,
 		hint: 'See https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/api-reference/#getstaticpaths for more information on getStaticPaths.',
 	},
+
 	/**
 	 * @docs
 	 * @see

packages/astro/src/core/render/params-and-props.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export async function getParamsAndProps(opts: GetParamsAndPropsOptions): Promise
 		mod,
 		route,
 		routeCache,
-		isValidate: true,
 		logging,
 		ssr,
 	});

packages/astro/src/core/render/route-cache.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ interface CallGetStaticPathsOptions {
 	mod: ComponentInstance;
 	route: RouteData;
 	routeCache: RouteCache;
-	isValidate: boolean;
 	logging: LogOptions;
 	ssr: boolean;
 }
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ export async function callGetStaticPaths({
 	mod,
 	route,
 	routeCache,
-	isValidate,
 	logging,
 	ssr,
 }: CallGetStaticPathsOptions): Promise<GetStaticPathsResultKeyed> {
@@ -58,14 +56,7 @@ export async function callGetStaticPaths({
 		},
 	});
 
-	// Flatten the array before validating the content, otherwise users using `.map` will run into errors
-	if (Array.isArray(staticPaths)) {
-		staticPaths = staticPaths.flat();
-	}
-
-	if (isValidate) {
-		validateGetStaticPathsResult(staticPaths, logging, route);
-	}
+	validateGetStaticPathsResult(staticPaths, logging, route);
 
 	const keyedStaticPaths = staticPaths as GetStaticPathsResultKeyed;
 	keyedStaticPaths.keyed = new Map<string, GetStaticPathsItem>();

packages/astro/src/core/routing/validation.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ export function validateGetStaticPathsResult(
 	}
 
 	result.forEach((pathObject) => {
+		if ((typeof pathObject === 'object' && Array.isArray(pathObject)) || pathObject === null) {
+			throw new AstroError({
+				...AstroErrorData.InvalidGetStaticPathsEntry,
+				message: AstroErrorData.InvalidGetStaticPathsEntry.message(
+					Array.isArray(pathObject) ? 'array' : typeof pathObject
+				),
+			});
+		}
+
 		if (
 			pathObject.params === undefined ||
 			pathObject.params === null ||
@@ -67,16 +76,6 @@ export function validateGetStaticPathsResult(
 			});
 		}
 
-		if (typeof pathObject.params !== 'object') {
-			throw new AstroError({
-				...AstroErrorData.InvalidGetStaticPathParam,
-				message: AstroErrorData.InvalidGetStaticPathParam.message(typeof pathObject.params),
-				location: {
-					file: route.component,
-				},
-			});
-		}
-
 		// TODO: Replace those with errors? They technically don't crash the build, but users might miss the warning. - erika, 2022-11-07
 		for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(pathObject.params)) {
 			if (!(typeof val === 'undefined' || typeof val === 'string' || typeof val === 'number')) {

packages/astro/test/astro-get-static-paths.test.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
-import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
 describe('getStaticPaths - build calls', () => {
 	/** @type {import('./test-utils').Fixture} */
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ describe('getStaticPaths - dev calls', () => {
 	});
 
 	describe('route params type validation', () => {
-		it('resolves 200 on nested array parameters', async () => {
-			const res = await fixture.fetch('/nested-arrays/slug1');
-			expect(res.status).to.equal(200);
-		});
-
 		it('resolves 200 on matching static path - string params', async () => {
 			// route provided with { params: { year: "2022", slug: "post-2" }}
 			const res = await fixture.fetch('/blog/2022/post-1');

packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-get-static-paths/src/pages/nested-arrays/[slug].astro

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 export async function getStaticPaths({paginate}) {
   const allPosts = await Astro.glob('../../post/*.md');
-  return ['red', 'blue'].map((filter) => {
+  return ['red', 'blue'].flatMap((filter) => {
     const filteredPosts = allPosts.filter((post) => post.frontmatter.tag === filter);
     return paginate(filteredPosts, {
       params: { slug: filter },