From 40dfe4a00f9955ca5eda4653f58ad0f74ee0e842 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:14:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] frontend-plugin-api: drop match strategy from PageLayout tabs

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
---
 packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md         |  2 --
 .../src/blueprints/PageBlueprint.tsx               |  1 -
 .../src/components/PageLayout.tsx                  |  1 -
 plugins/app/src/extensions/components.tsx          | 14 ++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
index 44a2ab3ced..6ba548af19 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/report.api.md
@@ -1825,8 +1825,6 @@ export interface PageTab {
   id: string;
   // (undocumented)
   label: string;
-  // (undocumented)
-  matchStrategy?: 'prefix' | 'exact';
 }
 
 // @public
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/blueprints/PageBlueprint.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/blueprints/PageBlueprint.tsx
index cfba1dccec..b41a7ddb77 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/blueprints/PageBlueprint.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/blueprints/PageBlueprint.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ export const PageBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
           label: tabTitle || path,
           icon: tabIcon,
           href: path,
-          matchStrategy: 'prefix' as const,
         };
       });
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/components/PageLayout.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/components/PageLayout.tsx
index 20d57321f6..0eadc07ffd 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/components/PageLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/components/PageLayout.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export interface PageTab {
   label: string;
   icon?: IconElement;
   href: string;
-  matchStrategy?: 'prefix' | 'exact';
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/app/src/extensions/components.tsx b/plugins/app/src/extensions/components.tsx
index dc90c26ad6..230db89767 100644
--- a/plugins/app/src/extensions/components.tsx
+++ b/plugins/app/src/extensions/components.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { PluginHeader } from '@backstage/ui';
 import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 export const Progress = SwappableComponentBlueprint.make({
   name: 'core-progress',
@@ -74,14 +75,23 @@ export const PageLayout = SwappableComponentBlueprint.make({
       component: SwappablePageLayout,
       loader: () => (props: PageLayoutProps) => {
         const { title, icon, noHeader, headerActions, tabs, children } = props;
-        if (tabs) {
+        const tabsWithMatchStrategy = useMemo(
+          () =>
+            tabs?.map(tab => ({
+              ...tab,
+              matchStrategy: 'prefix' as const,
+            })),
+          [tabs],
+        );
+
+        if (tabsWithMatchStrategy) {
           return (
             <>
               {!noHeader && (
                 <PluginHeader
                   title={title}
                   icon={icon}
-                  tabs={tabs}
+                  tabs={tabsWithMatchStrategy}
                   customActions={headerActions}
                 />
               )}