hugolib: Allow regular pages to cascade to self

jmooring · bep · commit 9b5f1d491d2b · 2026-03-15T10:17:45.000+01:00
Closes #14627
diff --git a/hugolib/cascade_test.go b/hugolib/cascade_test.go
@@ -481,3 +481,65 @@ title: p1 de
 	b.AssertFileExists("public/de/s1/p1/index.html", true)
 	b.AssertFileExists("public/en/s1/p1/index.html", false)
 }
+
+// Issue 14627
+func TestRegularPageCascadeToSelf(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+disableKinds = ['home','rss','sitemap','taxonomy','term']
+environment = 'pubweb'
+-- content/s1/_index.md --
+---
+title: s1
+cascade:
+  target:
+    environment: pubweb
+  build:
+    list: never
+    render: never
+    publishResources: false
+---
+-- content/s1/p1.md --
+---
+title: p1
+---
+-- content/s2/_index.md --
+---
+title: s2
+---
+-- content/s2/p2.md --
+---
+title: p2
+cascade:
+  target:
+    environment: pubweb
+  build:
+    list: never
+    render: never
+    publishResources: false
+---
+-- content/s2/p3/index.md --
+---
+title: p3
+cascade:
+  target:
+    environment: pubweb
+  build:
+    list: never
+    render: never
+    publishResources: false
+---
+-- layouts/all.html --
+{{ .Title }}|
+`
+
+	b := Test(t, files)
+
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/s1/index.html", false)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/s1/p1/index.html", false)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/s2/index.html", true)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/s2/p2/index.html", false)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/s2/p3/index.html", false)
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/page__meta.go b/hugolib/page__meta.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (m *pageMetaSource) doInitEarly(h *HugoSites, cascades *page.PageMatcherPar
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if cnh.isBranchNode(m) && m.pageConfigSource.Frontmatter != nil {
+	if m.pageConfigSource.Frontmatter != nil {
 		if err := m.setCascadeFromMap(m.pageConfigSource.Frontmatter, m.pageConfigSource.SitesMatrix, h.Conf.ConfiguredDimensions(), h.Log); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (m pageMetaSource) doInitEarly(h HugoSites, cascades *page.PageMatcherPar`
`204`	`204`	`return err`
`205`	`205`	`}`
`206`	`206`
`207`		`- if cnh.isBranchNode(m) && m.pageConfigSource.Frontmatter != nil {`
	`207`	`+ if m.pageConfigSource.Frontmatter != nil {`
`208`	`208`	`if err := m.setCascadeFromMap(m.pageConfigSource.Frontmatter, m.pageConfigSource.SitesMatrix, h.Conf.ConfiguredDimensions(), h.Log); err != nil {`
`209`	`209`	`return err`
`210`	`210`	`}`