angularjs 1.6.0 (latest now) routes not working

Simply use hashbang #! in the href:

 <a href="#!/add-quote">Add Quote</a>

Due to aa077e8, the default hash-prefix used for $location hash-bang URLs has changed from the empty string ('') to the bang ('!').

If you actually want to have no hash-prefix, then you can restore the previous behavior by adding a configuration block to your application:

appModule.config(['$locationProvider', function($locationProvider) {
  $locationProvider.hashPrefix('');
}]);

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Sorry to get on my high horse but… How did this get released? This is massive, breaking bug. — @MiloTheGreat

The breaking change as by #14202 should be reverted as the reference specification was already officially deprecated #15715

I’m going to close this issue because we haven’t got any feedback. Feel free to reopen this issue if you can provide new feedback.

https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/15715#issuecomment-281785369

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