{"record":{"id":"dd13166437b3b05f","repo":"symfony/routing","slug":"you-must-define-a-path-for-the-route-s-in-file-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"You must define a \"path\" for the route \"%s\" in file \"%s\".","messagePattern":"You must define a \"path\" for the route \"(.+?)\" in file \"(.+?)\"\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"InvalidArgumentException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"Loader/ContentLoaderTrait.php","lineNumber":226,"sourceCode":"        if (!\\is_array($config)) {\n            throw new \\InvalidArgumentException(\\sprintf('The definition of \"%s\" in \"%s\" must be an array.', $name, $path));\n        }\n        if (isset($config['alias'])) {\n            $this->validateAlias($config, $name, $path);\n\n            return;\n        }\n        if ($extraKeys = array_diff(array_keys($config), self::AVAILABLE_KEYS)) {\n            throw new \\InvalidArgumentException(\\sprintf('The routing file \"%s\" contains unsupported keys for \"%s\": \"%s\". 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