Solved — [PrivateRoute] is not a <Route> component. All component children of <Routes> must be a <Route> or <React.Fragment>

Error with react-router v6

I ran into the same issue today and came up with the following solution based on this very helpful article by Andrew Luca

In PrivateRoute.js:

import React from 'react';
import { Navigate, Outlet } from 'react-router-dom';
const PrivateRoute = () => {
    const auth = null; // determine if authorized, from context or however you're doing it
    // If authorized, return an outlet that will render child elements
    // If not, return element that will navigate to login page
    return auth ? <Outlet /> : <Navigate to="/login" />;
}

In App.js (I’ve left in some other pages as examples):

import './App.css';
import React, {Fragment} from 'react';
import {BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Routes} from 'react-router-dom';
import Navbar from './components/layout/Navbar';
import Home from './components/pages/Home';
import Register from './components/auth/Register'
import Login from './components/auth/Login';
import PrivateRoute from './components/routing/PrivateRoute';
const App = () => {
  return (
    <Router>
      <Fragment>
        <Navbar/>
        <Routes>
          <Route exact path='/' element={<PrivateRoute/>}>
            <Route exact path='/' element={<Home/>}/>
          </Route>…