diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/api-report.md b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/api-report.md
index 514ca0d82e..a27875bcf8 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/api-report.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { ComponentType } from 'react';
 import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
 import { default as React_2 } from 'react';
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { ZodSchema } from 'zod';
 import { ZodTypeDef } from 'zod';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export const coreExtensionData: {
   reactComponent: ExtensionDataRef<ComponentType<{}>>;
   routePath: ExtensionDataRef<string>;
   apiFactory: ExtensionDataRef<AnyApiFactory>;
+  routeRef: ExtensionDataRef<RouteRef<any>>;
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ export function createPageExtension<
     at?: string;
     disabled?: boolean;
     inputs?: TInputs;
+    routeRef?: RouteRef;
     component: (props: {
       config: TConfig;
       inputs: {
@@ -230,4 +233,7 @@ export type PortableSchema<TOutput> = {
   parse: (input: unknown) => TOutput;
   schema: JsonObject;
 };
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export function useRouteRef(routeRef: RouteRef<any>): () => string;
 ```
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/routing/useRouteRef.ts b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/routing/useRouteRef.ts
index fa50522bca..ad1c16ea8e 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/routing/useRouteRef.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/routing/useRouteRef.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { RoutingContext } from '@backstage/frontend-app-api/src/routing/RoutingC
 import { useContext, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 
+/** @public */
 export function useRouteRef(routeRef: RouteRef<any>): () => string {
   const { pathname } = useLocation();
   const resolver = useContext(RoutingContext);