hono-routing

Status : Production Ready ✅ Last Updated : 2026-01-20 Dependencies : None (framework-agnostic) Latest Versions : hono@4.11.4, zod@4.3.5, valibot@1.2.0, @hono/zod-validator@0.7.6, @hono/valibot-validator@0.6.1 Why Hono: CRITICAL: Why Validation: CRITICAL: Use regex patterns in routes to restrict parameter matching at the routing level: Benefits: Best Practice: Why Group Routes: CRITICAL Middleware Rule: Custom Cache Middleware Pattern: When implementing custom cache middleware for Node.js (or other non-Cloudflare runtimes), you must clone responses before storing them in cache: Why Cloning is Required: Response bodies are readable streams that can only be consumed once. Cloning creates a new response with a fresh stream. Use Cases: ⚠️ Cloudflare Workers WebSocket Caveats: Security Middleware Options: Compose middleware with conditional logic: CRITICAL: Advanced Pattern : See templates/context-extension.ts CRITICAL: ⚠️ CRITICAL: Validation Must Be Handler-Specific For validated types to be inferred correctly, validation middleware must be added in the handler , not via app.use() : Why It Happens: Hono's Input type mapping merges validation results using generics. When validators are applied via app.use() , the type system cannot track which routes have which validation schemas, causing the Input generic to collapse to never . Note on Zod Optional Enums: Prior to...