fix(core): establish proper injector resolution order for @defer bl…

…ocks

This commit updates the `@defer` logic to establish proper injector resolution order. More specifically:

- Makes node injectors to be inspected first, similar to how it happens when `@defer` block is not used.
- Adds extra handling for the Router's `OutletInjector`, until we replace it with an `EnvironmentInjector`.

Resolves angular#54864.
Resolves angular#55028.
Resolves angular#55036.

packages/core/src/defer/instructions.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {populateDehydratedViewsInLContainer} from '../linker/view_container_ref'
 import {PendingTasks} from '../pending_tasks';
 import {assertLContainer, assertTNodeForLView} from '../render3/assert';
 import {bindingUpdated} from '../render3/bindings';
+import {ChainedInjector} from '../render3/component_ref';
 import {getComponentDef, getDirectiveDef, getPipeDef} from '../render3/definition';
 import {getTemplateLocationDetails} from '../render3/instructions/element_validation';
 import {markViewDirty} from '../render3/instructions/mark_view_dirty';
@@ -500,6 +501,15 @@ export function renderDeferBlockState(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Detects whether an injector is an instance of a `ChainedInjector`,
+ * created based on the `OutletInjector`.
+ */
+function isRouterOutletInjector(currentInjector: Injector): boolean {
+  return (currentInjector instanceof ChainedInjector) &&
+      ((currentInjector.injector as any).__ngOutletInjector);
+}
+
 /**
  * Applies changes to the DOM to reflect a given state.
  */
@@ -532,16 +542,23 @@ function applyDeferBlockState(
       const providers = tDetails.providers;
       if (providers && providers.length > 0) {
         const parentInjector = hostLView[INJECTOR] as Injector;
-        const parentEnvInjector = parentInjector.get(EnvironmentInjector);
-        injector =
-            parentEnvInjector.get(CachedInjectorService)
-                .getOrCreateInjector(
-                    tDetails, parentEnvInjector, providers, ngDevMode ? 'DeferBlock Injector' : '');
+        // Note: we have a special case for Router's `OutletInjector`,
+        // since it's not an instance of the `EnvironmentInjector`, so
+        // we can't inject it. Once the `OutletInjector` is replaced
+        // with the `EnvironmentInjector` in Router's code, this special
+        // handling can be removed.
+        const parentEnvInjector = isRouterOutletInjector(parentInjector) ?
+            parentInjector :
+            parentInjector.get(EnvironmentInjector);
+        injector = parentEnvInjector.get(CachedInjectorService)
+                       .getOrCreateInjector(
+                           tDetails, parentEnvInjector as EnvironmentInjector, providers,
+                           ngDevMode ? 'DeferBlock Injector' : '');
       }
     }
     const dehydratedView = findMatchingDehydratedView(lContainer, activeBlockTNode.tView!.ssrId);
-    const embeddedLView = createAndRenderEmbeddedLView(
-        hostLView, activeBlockTNode, null, {dehydratedView, embeddedViewInjector: injector});
+    const embeddedLView =
+        createAndRenderEmbeddedLView(hostLView, activeBlockTNode, null, {dehydratedView, injector});
     addLViewToLContainer(
         lContainer, embeddedLView, viewIndex, shouldAddViewToDom(activeBlockTNode, dehydratedView));
     markViewDirty(embeddedLView);

packages/core/test/acceptance/defer_spec.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ɵPLATFORM_BROWSER_ID as PLATFORM_BROWSER_ID} from '@angular/common';
+import {CommonModule, ɵPLATFORM_BROWSER_ID as PLATFORM_BROWSER_ID} from '@angular/common';
 import {ApplicationRef, Attribute, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ComponentRef, createComponent, DebugElement, Directive, EnvironmentInjector, ErrorHandler, getDebugNode, inject, Injectable, InjectionToken, Input, NgModule, NgZone, Pipe, PipeTransform, PLATFORM_ID, QueryList, Type, ViewChildren, ɵDEFER_BLOCK_DEPENDENCY_INTERCEPTOR} from '@angular/core';
 import {getComponentDef} from '@angular/core/src/render3/definition';
 import {ComponentFixture, DeferBlockBehavior, fakeAsync, flush, TestBed, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {ActivatedRoute, provideRouter, Router, RouterOutlet} from '@angular/router';
 
 /**
  * Clears all associated directive defs from a given component class.
@@ -4151,4 +4152,69 @@ describe('@defer', () => {
           .toContain(`<chart>${serviceFromNgModule}|${tokenFromRootComponent}</chart>`);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Router', () => {
+    it('should inject correct `ActivatedRoutes` in components within defer blocks', async () => {
+      @Component({
+        standalone: true,
+        imports: [RouterOutlet],
+        template: '<router-outlet />',
+      })
+      class App {
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        standalone: true,
+        selector: 'another-child',
+        imports: [CommonModule],
+        template: 'another child: {{route.snapshot.url[0]}}',
+      })
+      class AnotherChild {
+        route = inject(ActivatedRoute);
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        standalone: true,
+        imports: [CommonModule, AnotherChild],
+        template: `
+          child: {{route.snapshot.url[0]}}
+          @defer (on immediate) {
+            <another-child />
+          }
+        `,
+      })
+      class Child {
+        route = inject(ActivatedRoute);
+      }
+
+      const deferDepsInterceptor = {
+        intercept() {
+          return () => {
+            return [dynamicImportOf(AnotherChild, 10)];
+          };
+        },
+      };
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        providers: [
+          {provide: PLATFORM_ID, useValue: PLATFORM_BROWSER_ID},
+          {provide: ɵDEFER_BLOCK_DEPENDENCY_INTERCEPTOR, useValue: deferDepsInterceptor},
+          provideRouter([
+            {path: 'a', component: Child},
+          ]),
+        ],
+      });
+      clearDirectiveDefs(Child);
+
+      const app = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      await TestBed.inject(Router).navigateByUrl('/a?x=1');
+      app.detectChanges();
+
+      await allPendingDynamicImports();
+      app.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(app.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('child: a');
+      expect(app.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('another child: a');
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts

@@ -379,6 +379,14 @@ export class RouterOutlet implements OnDestroy, OnInit, RouterOutletContract {
 }
 
 class OutletInjector implements Injector {
+  /**
+   * A special flag that allows to identify the `OutletInjector` without
+   * referring to the class itself. This is required as a temporary solution,
+   * to have a special handling for this injector in core. Eventually, this
+   * injector should just become an `EnvironmentInjector` without special logic.
+   */
+  private __ngOutletInjector = true;
+
   constructor(
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
     private childContexts: ChildrenOutletContexts,