labstack/echo · error

could not find route to remove by given path

Error message

could not find route to remove by given path

What it means

Returned by DefaultRouter.Remove (router.go:429-431) when the radix-tree walk consumed the full requested path without finding any node whose originalPath equals it (nodeToRemove stayed nil). The path is not present in the tree at all.

Solutions

1. Pass the exact registered path template with a leading slash
2. List e.Routes() to confirm the path exists before removing
3. Confirm the route was registered against the same Echo/Router instance

Example fix

// before
_ = e.Router().Remove("GET", "users")
// after
_ = e.Router().Remove("GET", "/users")

found := false
for _, r := range e.Routes() {
    if r.Path == path { found = true; break }
}
if !found { return nil }
return e.Router().Remove(method, path)

if err := e.Router().Remove(method, path); err != nil {
    log.Printf("remove failed: %v", err)
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling Remove("GET", "/users") when only `/users/:id` or `/user` is registered; missing leading slash; typo in the path.

Common situations: Typos, trailing-slash mismatch, removing a parametrized route by a concrete URL, or removing before registration.

Related errors

• adding duplicate route (same method+path) is not allowed
• adding route without handler function
• could not find route to remove by given path and method
• panic: err from g.AddRoute in Group.Add
• panic: errs collected from g.AddRoute failures in…

AI-assisted analysis of labstack/echo@05489dc173 (2026-08-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0f2d3421161323f6. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at router.go:430

		}

		next := path[prefixLen]
		switch next {
		case paramLabel:
			currentNode = currentNode.paramChild
		case anyLabel:
			currentNode = currentNode.anyChild
		default:
			currentNode = currentNode.findStaticChild(next)
		}

		if currentNode == nil {
			break
		}
	}

	if nodeToRemove == nil {
		return errors.New("could not find route to remove by given path")
	}

	if !nodeToRemove.isHandler {
		return errors.New("could not find route to remove by given path")
	}

	if mh := nodeToRemove.methods.find(method, false, false); mh == nil {
		return errors.New("could not find route to remove by given path and method")
	}
	nodeToRemove.setHandler(method, nil)

	var rIndex int
	for i, rr := range r.routes {
		if rr.Method == method && rr.Path == path {
			rIndex = i
			break
		}
	}

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