Add ScopedHistory to AppMountParams (#56705)

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.app.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Extension of [common app properties](./kibana-plugin-public.appbase.md) with the
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-export interface App extends AppBase 
+export interface App<HistoryLocationState = unknown> extends AppBase 
 ```
 
 ## Properties
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ export interface App extends AppBase
 |  --- | --- | --- |
 |  [appRoute](./kibana-plugin-public.app.approute.md) | <code>string</code> | Override the application's routing path from <code>/app/${id}</code>. Must be unique across registered applications. Should not include the base path from HTTP. |
 |  [chromeless](./kibana-plugin-public.app.chromeless.md) | <code>boolean</code> | Hide the UI chrome when the application is mounted. Defaults to <code>false</code>. Takes precedence over chrome service visibility settings. |
-|  [mount](./kibana-plugin-public.app.mount.md) | <code>AppMount &#124; AppMountDeprecated</code> | A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route. May have signature of [AppMount](./kibana-plugin-public.appmount.md) or [AppMountDeprecated](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountdeprecated.md)<!-- -->. |
+|  [mount](./kibana-plugin-public.app.mount.md) | <code>AppMount&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt; &#124; AppMountDeprecated&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;</code> | A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route. May have signature of [AppMount](./kibana-plugin-public.appmount.md) or [AppMountDeprecated](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountdeprecated.md)<!-- -->. |
 

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.app.mount.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route. May have si
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-mount: AppMount | AppMountDeprecated;
+mount: AppMount<HistoryLocationState> | AppMountDeprecated<HistoryLocationState>;
 ```
 
 ## Remarks

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.applicationsetup.register.md

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Register an mountable application to the system.
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-register(app: App): void;
+register<HistoryLocationState = unknown>(app: App<HistoryLocationState>): void;
 ```
 
 ## Parameters
 
 |  Parameter | Type | Description |
 |  --- | --- | --- |
-|  app | <code>App</code> | an [App](./kibana-plugin-public.app.md) |
+|  app | <code>App&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;</code> | an [App](./kibana-plugin-public.app.md) |
 
 <b>Returns:</b>
 

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.appmount.md

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route.
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-export declare type AppMount = (params: AppMountParameters) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
+export declare type AppMount<HistoryLocationState = unknown> = (params: AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState>) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
 ```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.appmountdeprecated.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route.
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-export declare type AppMountDeprecated = (context: AppMountContext, params: AppMountParameters) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
+export declare type AppMountDeprecated<HistoryLocationState = unknown> = (context: AppMountContext, params: AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState>) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
 ```
 
 ## Remarks

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.appbasepath.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 ## AppMountParameters.appBasePath property
 
+> Warning: This API is now obsolete.
+> 
+> Use [AppMountParameters.history](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.history.md) instead.
+> 
+
 The route path for configuring navigation to the application. This string should not include the base path from HTTP.
 
 <b>Signature:</b>
@@ -39,10 +44,10 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { BrowserRouter, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import { CoreStart, AppMountParams } from 'src/core/public';
+import { CoreStart, AppMountParameters } from 'src/core/public';
 import { MyPluginDepsStart } from './plugin';
 
-export renderApp = ({ appBasePath, element }: AppMountParams) => {
+export renderApp = ({ appBasePath, element }: AppMountParameters) => {
   ReactDOM.render(
     // pass `appBasePath` to `basename`
     <BrowserRouter basename={appBasePath}>

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.history.md

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [AppMountParameters](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.md) &gt; [history](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.history.md)
+
+## AppMountParameters.history property
+
+A scoped history instance for your application. Should be used to wire up your applications Router.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+history: ScopedHistory<HistoryLocationState>;
+```
+
+## Example
+
+How to configure react-router with a base path:
+
+```ts
+// inside your plugin's setup function
+export class MyPlugin implements Plugin {
+  setup({ application }) {
+    application.register({
+     id: 'my-app',
+     appRoute: '/my-app',
+     async mount(params) {
+       const { renderApp } = await import('./application');
+       return renderApp(params);
+     },
+   });
+ }
+}
+
+```
+
+```ts
+// application.tsx
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { Router, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import { CoreStart, AppMountParameters } from 'src/core/public';
+import { MyPluginDepsStart } from './plugin';
+
+export renderApp = ({ element, history }: AppMountParameters) => {
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    // pass `appBasePath` to `basename`
+    <Router history={history}>
+      <Route path="/" exact component={HomePage} />
+    </Router>,
+    element
+  );
+
+  return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
+}
+
+```
+

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-export interface AppMountParameters 
+export interface AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState = unknown> 
 ```
 
 ## Properties
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ export interface AppMountParameters
 |  --- | --- | --- |
 |  [appBasePath](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.appbasepath.md) | <code>string</code> | The route path for configuring navigation to the application. This string should not include the base path from HTTP. |
 |  [element](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.element.md) | <code>HTMLElement</code> | The container element to render the application into. |
+|  [history](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.history.md) | <code>ScopedHistory&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;</code> | A scoped history instance for your application. Should be used to wire up your applications Router. |
 |  [onAppLeave](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.onappleave.md) | <code>(handler: AppLeaveHandler) =&gt; void</code> | A function that can be used to register a handler that will be called when the user is leaving the current application, allowing to prompt a confirmation message before actually changing the page.<!-- -->This will be called either when the user goes to another application, or when trying to close the tab or manually changing the url. |
 

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The plugin integrates with the core system via lifecycle events: `setup`<!-- -->
 |  Class | Description |
 |  --- | --- |
 |  [SavedObjectsClient](./kibana-plugin-public.savedobjectsclient.md) | Saved Objects is Kibana's data persisentence mechanism allowing plugins to use Elasticsearch for storing plugin state. The client-side SavedObjectsClient is a thin convenience library around the SavedObjects HTTP API for interacting with Saved Objects. |
+|  [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) | A wrapper around a <code>History</code> instance that is scoped to a particular base path of the history stack. Behaves similarly to the <code>basename</code> option except that this wrapper hides any history stack entries from outside the scope of this base path.<!-- -->This wrapper also allows Core and Plugins to share a single underlying global <code>History</code> instance without exposing the history of other applications.<!-- -->The [createSubHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createsubhistory.md) method is particularly useful for applications that contain any number of "sub-apps" which should not have access to the main application's history or basePath. |
 |  [SimpleSavedObject](./kibana-plugin-public.simplesavedobject.md) | This class is a very simple wrapper for SavedObjects loaded from the server with the [SavedObjectsClient](./kibana-plugin-public.savedobjectsclient.md)<!-- -->.<!-- -->It provides basic functionality for creating/saving/deleting saved objects, but doesn't include any type-specific implementations. |
 |  [ToastsApi](./kibana-plugin-public.toastsapi.md) | Methods for adding and removing global toast messages. |
 

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory._constructor_.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [(constructor)](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory._constructor_.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.(constructor)
+
+Constructs a new instance of the `ScopedHistory` class
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+constructor(parentHistory: History, basePath: string);
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+|  Parameter | Type | Description |
+|  --- | --- | --- |
+|  parentHistory | <code>History</code> |  |
+|  basePath | <code>string</code> |  |
+

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.action.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [action](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.action.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.action property
+
+The last action dispatched on the history stack.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+get action(): Action;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.block.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [block](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.block.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.block property
+
+Not supported. Use [AppMountParameters.onAppLeave](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.onappleave.md)<!-- -->.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+block: (prompt?: string | boolean | History.TransitionPromptHook<HistoryLocationState> | undefined) => UnregisterCallback;
+```
+
+## Remarks
+
+We prefer that applications use the `onAppLeave` API because it supports a more graceful experience that prefers a modal when possible, falling back to a confirm dialog box in the beforeunload case.
+

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createhref.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [createHref](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createhref.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.createHref property
+
+Creates an href (string) to the location.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+createHref: (location: LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>) => string;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createsubhistory.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [createSubHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createsubhistory.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.createSubHistory property
+
+Creates a `ScopedHistory` for a subpath of this `ScopedHistory`<!-- -->. Useful for applications that may have sub-apps that do not need access to the containing application's history.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+createSubHistory: <SubHistoryLocationState = unknown>(basePath: string) => ScopedHistory<SubHistoryLocationState>;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [go](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.go property
+
+Send the user forward or backwards in the history stack.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+go: (n: number) => void;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.goback.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [goBack](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.goback.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.goBack property
+
+Send the user one location back in the history stack. Equivalent to calling [ScopedHistory.go(-1)](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md)<!-- -->. If no more entries are available backwards, this is a no-op.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+goBack: () => void;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.goforward.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [goForward](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.goforward.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.goForward property
+
+Send the user one location forward in the history stack. Equivalent to calling [ScopedHistory.go(1)](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md)<!-- -->. If no more entries are available forwards, this is a no-op.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+goForward: () => void;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.length.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [length](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.length.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.length property
+
+The number of entries in the history stack, including all entries forwards and backwards from the current location.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+get length(): number;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.listen.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [listen](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.listen.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.listen property
+
+Adds a listener for location updates.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+listen: (listener: (location: Location<HistoryLocationState>, action: Action) => void) => UnregisterCallback;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.location.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [location](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.location.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.location property
+
+The current location of the history stack.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+get location(): Location<HistoryLocationState>;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory class
+
+A wrapper around a `History` instance that is scoped to a particular base path of the history stack. Behaves similarly to the `basename` option except that this wrapper hides any history stack entries from outside the scope of this base path.
+
+This wrapper also allows Core and Plugins to share a single underlying global `History` instance without exposing the history of other applications.
+
+The [createSubHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createsubhistory.md) method is particularly useful for applications that contain any number of "sub-apps" which should not have access to the main application's history or basePath.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+export declare class ScopedHistory<HistoryLocationState = unknown> implements History<HistoryLocationState> 
+```
+
+## Constructors
+
+|  Constructor | Modifiers | Description |
+|  --- | --- | --- |
+|  [(constructor)(parentHistory, basePath)](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory._constructor_.md) |  | Constructs a new instance of the <code>ScopedHistory</code> class |
+
+## Properties
+
+|  Property | Modifiers | Type | Description |
+|  --- | --- | --- | --- |
+|  [action](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.action.md) |  | <code>Action</code> | The last action dispatched on the history stack. |
+|  [block](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.block.md) |  | <code>(prompt?: string &#124; boolean &#124; History.TransitionPromptHook&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt; &#124; undefined) =&gt; UnregisterCallback</code> | Not supported. Use [AppMountParameters.onAppLeave](./kibana-plugin-public.appmountparameters.onappleave.md)<!-- -->. |
+|  [createHref](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createhref.md) |  | <code>(location: LocationDescriptorObject&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;) =&gt; string</code> | Creates an href (string) to the location. |
+|  [createSubHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.createsubhistory.md) |  | <code>&lt;SubHistoryLocationState = unknown&gt;(basePath: string) =&gt; ScopedHistory&lt;SubHistoryLocationState&gt;</code> | Creates a <code>ScopedHistory</code> for a subpath of this <code>ScopedHistory</code>. Useful for applications that may have sub-apps that do not need access to the containing application's history. |
+|  [go](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md) |  | <code>(n: number) =&gt; void</code> | Send the user forward or backwards in the history stack. |
+|  [goBack](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.goback.md) |  | <code>() =&gt; void</code> | Send the user one location back in the history stack. Equivalent to calling [ScopedHistory.go(-1)](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md)<!-- -->. If no more entries are available backwards, this is a no-op. |
+|  [goForward](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.goforward.md) |  | <code>() =&gt; void</code> | Send the user one location forward in the history stack. Equivalent to calling [ScopedHistory.go(1)](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.go.md)<!-- -->. If no more entries are available forwards, this is a no-op. |
+|  [length](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.length.md) |  | <code>number</code> | The number of entries in the history stack, including all entries forwards and backwards from the current location. |
+|  [listen](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.listen.md) |  | <code>(listener: (location: Location&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;, action: Action) =&gt; void) =&gt; UnregisterCallback</code> | Adds a listener for location updates. |
+|  [location](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.location.md) |  | <code>Location&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;</code> | The current location of the history stack. |
+|  [push](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.push.md) |  | <code>(pathOrLocation: string &#124; LocationDescriptorObject&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;, state?: HistoryLocationState &#124; undefined) =&gt; void</code> | Pushes a new location onto the history stack. If there are forward entries in the stack, they will be removed. |
+|  [replace](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.replace.md) |  | <code>(pathOrLocation: string &#124; LocationDescriptorObject&lt;HistoryLocationState&gt;, state?: HistoryLocationState &#124; undefined) =&gt; void</code> | Replaces the current location in the history stack. Does not remove forward or backward entries. |
+

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.push.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [push](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.push.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.push property
+
+Pushes a new location onto the history stack. If there are forward entries in the stack, they will be removed.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+push: (pathOrLocation: string | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>, state?: HistoryLocationState | undefined) => void;
+```

docs/development/core/public/kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.replace.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-public](./kibana-plugin-public.md) &gt; [ScopedHistory](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.md) &gt; [replace](./kibana-plugin-public.scopedhistory.replace.md)
+
+## ScopedHistory.replace property
+
+Replaces the current location in the history stack. Does not remove forward or backward entries.
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+replace: (pathOrLocation: string | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>, state?: HistoryLocationState | undefined) => void;
+```

src/core/public/application/application_service.test.ts

@@ -588,6 +588,16 @@ describe('#start()', () => {
       expect(getUrlForApp('app1', { path: 'deep/link///' })).toBe('/base-path/app/app1/deep/link');
     });
 
+    it('does not append trailing slash if hash is provided in path parameter', async () => {
+      service.setup(setupDeps);
+      const { getUrlForApp } = await service.start(startDeps);
+
+      expect(getUrlForApp('app1', { path: '#basic-hash' })).toBe('/base-path/app/app1#basic-hash');
+      expect(getUrlForApp('app1', { path: '#/hash/router/path' })).toBe(
+        '/base-path/app/app1#/hash/router/path'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('creates absolute URLs when `absolute` parameter is true', async () => {
       service.setup(setupDeps);
       const { getUrlForApp } = await service.start(startDeps);
@@ -646,6 +656,26 @@ describe('#start()', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('appends a path if specified with hash', async () => {
+      const { register } = service.setup(setupDeps);
+
+      register(Symbol(), createApp({ id: 'app2', appRoute: '/custom/path' }));
+
+      const { navigateToApp } = await service.start(startDeps);
+
+      await navigateToApp('myTestApp', { path: '#basic-hash' });
+      expect(MockHistory.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/myTestApp#basic-hash', undefined);
+
+      await navigateToApp('myTestApp', { path: '#/hash/router/path' });
+      expect(MockHistory.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/myTestApp#/hash/router/path', undefined);
+
+      await navigateToApp('app2', { path: '#basic-hash' });
+      expect(MockHistory.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/custom/path#basic-hash', undefined);
+
+      await navigateToApp('app2', { path: '#/hash/router/path' });
+      expect(MockHistory.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/custom/path#/hash/router/path', undefined);
+    });
+
     it('includes state if specified', async () => {
       const { register } = service.setup(setupDeps);
 

src/core/public/application/application_service.tsx

@@ -76,10 +76,19 @@ function filterAvailable<T>(m: Map<string, T>, capabilities: Capabilities) {
 }
 const findMounter = (mounters: Map<string, Mounter>, appRoute?: string) =>
   [...mounters].find(([, mounter]) => mounter.appRoute === appRoute);
-const getAppUrl = (mounters: Map<string, Mounter>, appId: string, path: string = '') =>
-  `/${mounters.get(appId)?.appRoute ?? `/app/${appId}`}/${path}`
+
+const getAppUrl = (mounters: Map<string, Mounter>, appId: string, path: string = '') => {
+  const appBasePath = mounters.get(appId)?.appRoute
+    ? `/${mounters.get(appId)!.appRoute}`
+    : `/app/${appId}`;
+
+  // Only preppend slash if not a hash or query path
+  path = path.startsWith('#') || path.startsWith('?') ? path : `/${path}`;
+
+  return `${appBasePath}${path}`
     .replace(/\/{2,}/g, '/') // Remove duplicate slashes
     .replace(/\/$/, ''); // Remove trailing slash
+};
 
 const allApplicationsFilter = '__ALL__';
 
@@ -93,7 +102,7 @@ interface AppUpdaterWrapper {
  * @internal
  */
 export class ApplicationService {
-  private readonly apps = new Map<string, App | LegacyApp>();
+  private readonly apps = new Map<string, App<any> | LegacyApp>();
   private readonly mounters = new Map<string, Mounter>();
   private readonly capabilities = new CapabilitiesService();
   private readonly appLeaveHandlers = new Map<string, AppLeaveHandler>();
@@ -143,7 +152,7 @@ export class ApplicationService {
 
     return {
       registerMountContext: this.mountContext!.registerContext,
-      register: (plugin, app) => {
+      register: (plugin, app: App<any>) => {
         app = { appRoute: `/app/${app.id}`, ...app };
 
         if (this.registrationClosed) {

src/core/public/application/index.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 export { ApplicationService } from './application_service';
 export { Capabilities } from './capabilities';
+export { ScopedHistory } from './scoped_history';
 export {
   App,
   AppBase,

src/core/public/application/integration_tests/router.test.tsx

@@ -25,15 +25,17 @@ import { AppRouter, AppNotFound } from '../ui';
 import { EitherApp, MockedMounterMap, MockedMounterTuple } from '../test_types';
 import { createRenderer, createAppMounter, createLegacyAppMounter, getUnmounter } from './utils';
 import { AppStatus } from '../types';
+import { ScopedHistory } from '../scoped_history';
 
 describe('AppContainer', () => {
   let mounters: MockedMounterMap<EitherApp>;
-  let history: History;
+  let globalHistory: History;
   let appStatuses$: BehaviorSubject<Map<string, AppStatus>>;
   let update: ReturnType<typeof createRenderer>;
+  let scopedAppHistory: History;
 
   const navigate = (path: string) => {
-    history.push(path);
+    globalHistory.push(path);
     return update();
   };
   const mockMountersToMounters = () =>
@@ -53,20 +55,35 @@ describe('AppContainer', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mounters = new Map([
-      createAppMounter('app1', '<span>App 1</span>'),
+      createAppMounter({ appId: 'app1', html: '<span>App 1</span>' }),
       createLegacyAppMounter('legacyApp1', jest.fn()),
-      createAppMounter('app2', '<div>App 2</div>'),
+      createAppMounter({ appId: 'app2', html: '<div>App 2</div>' }),
       createLegacyAppMounter('baseApp:legacyApp2', jest.fn()),
-      createAppMounter('app3', '<div>Chromeless A</div>', '/chromeless-a/path'),
-      createAppMounter('app4', '<div>Chromeless B</div>', '/chromeless-b/path'),
-      createAppMounter('disabledApp', '<div>Disabled app</div>'),
+      createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'app3',
+        html: '<div>Chromeless A</div>',
+        appRoute: '/chromeless-a/path',
+      }),
+      createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'app4',
+        html: '<div>Chromeless B</div>',
+        appRoute: '/chromeless-b/path',
+      }),
+      createAppMounter({ appId: 'disabledApp', html: '<div>Disabled app</div>' }),
       createLegacyAppMounter('disabledLegacyApp', jest.fn()),
+      createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'scopedApp',
+        extraMountHook: ({ history }) => {
+          scopedAppHistory = history;
+          history.push('/subpath');
+        },
+      }),
     ] as Array<MockedMounterTuple<EitherApp>>);
-    history = createMemoryHistory();
+    globalHistory = createMemoryHistory();
     appStatuses$ = mountersToAppStatus$();
     update = createRenderer(
       <AppRouter
-        history={history}
+        history={globalHistory}
         mounters={mockMountersToMounters()}
         appStatuses$={appStatuses$}
         setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandlerMock}
@@ -177,12 +194,24 @@ describe('AppContainer', () => {
   });
 
   it('should not mount when partial route path matches', async () => {
-    mounters.set(...createAppMounter('spaces', '<div>Custom Space</div>', '/spaces/fake-login'));
-    mounters.set(...createAppMounter('login', '<div>Login Page</div>', '/fake-login'));
-    history = createMemoryHistory();
+    mounters.set(
+      ...createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'spaces',
+        html: '<div>Custom Space</div>',
+        appRoute: '/spaces/fake-login',
+      })
+    );
+    mounters.set(
+      ...createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'login',
+        html: '<div>Login Page</div>',
+        appRoute: '/fake-login',
+      })
+    );
+    globalHistory = createMemoryHistory();
     update = createRenderer(
       <AppRouter
-        history={history}
+        history={globalHistory}
         mounters={mockMountersToMounters()}
         appStatuses$={mountersToAppStatus$()}
         setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandlerMock}
@@ -196,12 +225,24 @@ describe('AppContainer', () => {
   });
 
   it('should not mount when partial route path has higher specificity', async () => {
-    mounters.set(...createAppMounter('login', '<div>Login Page</div>', '/fake-login'));
-    mounters.set(...createAppMounter('spaces', '<div>Custom Space</div>', '/spaces/fake-login'));
-    history = createMemoryHistory();
+    mounters.set(
+      ...createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'login',
+        html: '<div>Login Page</div>',
+        appRoute: '/fake-login',
+      })
+    );
+    mounters.set(
+      ...createAppMounter({
+        appId: 'spaces',
+        html: '<div>Custom Space</div>',
+        appRoute: '/spaces/fake-login',
+      })
+    );
+    globalHistory = createMemoryHistory();
     update = createRenderer(
       <AppRouter
-        history={history}
+        history={globalHistory}
         mounters={mockMountersToMounters()}
         appStatuses$={mountersToAppStatus$()}
         setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandlerMock}
@@ -232,17 +273,17 @@ describe('AppContainer', () => {
 
     // Hitting back button within app does not trigger re-render
     await navigate('/app/app1/page2');
-    history.goBack();
+    globalHistory.goBack();
     await update();
     expect(mounter.mount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(unmount).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('should not remount when when changing pages within app using hash history', async () => {
-    history = createHashHistory();
+    globalHistory = createHashHistory();
     update = createRenderer(
       <AppRouter
-        history={history}
+        history={globalHistory}
         mounters={mockMountersToMounters()}
         appStatuses$={mountersToAppStatus$()}
         setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandlerMock}
@@ -269,30 +310,49 @@ describe('AppContainer', () => {
     expect(unmount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it('pushes global history changes to inner scoped history', async () => {
+    const scopedApp = mounters.get('scopedApp');
+    await navigate('/app/scopedApp');
+
+    // Verify that internal app's redirect propagated
+    expect(scopedApp?.mounter.mount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(scopedAppHistory.location.pathname).toEqual('/subpath');
+    expect(globalHistory.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/scopedApp/subpath');
+
+    // Simulate user clicking on navlink again to return to app root
+    globalHistory.push('/app/scopedApp');
+    // Should not call mount again
+    expect(scopedApp?.mounter.mount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(scopedApp?.unmount).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // Inner scoped history should be synced
+    expect(scopedAppHistory.location.pathname).toEqual('');
+
+    // Make sure going back to subpath works
+    globalHistory.goBack();
+    expect(scopedApp?.mounter.mount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(scopedApp?.unmount).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(scopedAppHistory.location.pathname).toEqual('/subpath');
+    expect(globalHistory.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/scopedApp/subpath');
+  });
+
   it('calls legacy mount handler', async () => {
     await navigate('/app/legacyApp1');
-    expect(mounters.get('legacyApp1')!.mounter.mount.mock.calls[0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Array [
-        Object {
-          "appBasePath": "/app/legacyApp1",
-          "element": <div />,
-          "onAppLeave": [Function],
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
+    expect(mounters.get('legacyApp1')!.mounter.mount.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      appBasePath: '/app/legacyApp1',
+      element: expect.any(HTMLDivElement),
+      onAppLeave: expect.any(Function),
+      history: expect.any(ScopedHistory),
+    });
   });
 
   it('handles legacy apps with subapps', async () => {
     await navigate('/app/baseApp');
-    expect(mounters.get('baseApp:legacyApp2')!.mounter.mount.mock.calls[0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Array [
-        Object {
-          "appBasePath": "/app/baseApp",
-          "element": <div />,
-          "onAppLeave": [Function],
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
+    expect(mounters.get('baseApp:legacyApp2')!.mounter.mount.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
+      appBasePath: '/app/baseApp',
+      element: expect.any(HTMLDivElement),
+      onAppLeave: expect.any(Function),
+      history: expect.any(ScopedHistory),
+    });
   });
 
   it('displays error page if no app is found', async () => {

src/core/public/application/integration_tests/utils.tsx

@@ -40,11 +40,17 @@ export const createRenderer = (element: ReactElement | null): Renderer => {
     });
 };
 
-export const createAppMounter = (
-  appId: string,
-  html: string,
-  appRoute = `/app/${appId}`
-): MockedMounterTuple<App> => {
+export const createAppMounter = ({
+  appId,
+  html = `<div>App ${appId}</div>`,
+  appRoute = `/app/${appId}`,
+  extraMountHook,
+}: {
+  appId: string;
+  html?: string;
+  appRoute?: string;
+  extraMountHook?: (params: AppMountParameters) => void;
+}): MockedMounterTuple<App> => {
   const unmount = jest.fn();
   return [
     appId,
@@ -52,11 +58,15 @@ export const createAppMounter = (
       mounter: {
         appRoute,
         appBasePath: appRoute,
-        mount: jest.fn(async ({ appBasePath: basename, element }: AppMountParameters) => {
+        mount: jest.fn(async (params: AppMountParameters) => {
+          const { appBasePath: basename, element } = params;
           Object.assign(element, {
             innerHTML: `<div>\nbasename: ${basename}\nhtml: ${html}\n</div>`,
           });
           unmount.mockImplementation(() => Object.assign(element, { innerHTML: '' }));
+          if (extraMountHook) {
+            extraMountHook(params);
+          }
           return unmount;
         }),
       },

src/core/public/application/scoped_history.mock.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Location } from 'history';
+import { ScopedHistory } from './scoped_history';
+
+type ScopedHistoryMock = jest.Mocked<Pick<ScopedHistory, keyof ScopedHistory>>;
+const createMock = ({
+  pathname = '/',
+  search = '',
+  hash = '',
+  key,
+  state,
+}: Partial<Location> = {}) => {
+  const mock: ScopedHistoryMock = {
+    block: jest.fn(),
+    createHref: jest.fn(),
+    createSubHistory: jest.fn(),
+    go: jest.fn(),
+    goBack: jest.fn(),
+    goForward: jest.fn(),
+    listen: jest.fn(),
+    push: jest.fn(),
+    replace: jest.fn(),
+    action: 'PUSH',
+    length: 1,
+    location: {
+      pathname,
+      search,
+      state,
+      hash,
+      key,
+    },
+  };
+
+  return mock;
+};
+
+export const scopedHistoryMock = {
+  create: createMock,
+};

src/core/public/application/scoped_history.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { ScopedHistory } from './scoped_history';
+import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history';
+
+describe('ScopedHistory', () => {
+  describe('construction', () => {
+    it('succeeds if current location matches basePath', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      expect(() => new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow')).not.toThrow();
+      gh.push('/app/wow/');
+      expect(() => new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow')).not.toThrow();
+      gh.push('/app/wow/sub-page');
+      expect(() => new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('fails if current location does not match basePath', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/other');
+      expect(() => new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow')).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+        `"Browser location [/app/other] is not currently in expected basePath [/app/wow]"`
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('navigation', () => {
+    it('supports push', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const pushSpy = jest.spyOn(gh, 'push');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      h.push('/new-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(pushSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/wow/new-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(3); // ['', '/app/wow', '/app/wow/new-page']
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    it('supports unbound push', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const pushSpy = jest.spyOn(gh, 'push');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      const { push } = h;
+      push('/new-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(pushSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/wow/new-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(3); // ['', '/app/wow', '/app/wow/new-page']
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    it('supports replace', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const replaceSpy = jest.spyOn(gh, 'replace');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow'); // ['']
+      h.push('/first-page'); // ['', '/first-page']
+      h.push('/second-page'); // ['', '/first-page', '/second-page']
+      h.goBack(); // ['', '/first-page', '/second-page']
+      h.replace('/first-page-replacement', { some: 'state' }); // ['', '/first-page-replacement', '/second-page']
+      expect(replaceSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/wow/first-page-replacement', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(h.length).toBe(3);
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(4); // ['', '/app/wow', '/app/wow/first-page-replacement', '/app/wow/second-page']
+    });
+
+    it('hides previous stack', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/alpha');
+      gh.push('/app/beta');
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('cannot go back further than local stack', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/alpha');
+      gh.push('/app/beta');
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      h.push('/new-page');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('/new-page');
+
+      // Test first back
+      h.goBack();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('');
+      expect(gh.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/wow');
+
+      // Second back should be no-op
+      h.goBack();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('');
+      expect(gh.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/wow');
+    });
+
+    it('cannot go forward further than local stack', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/alpha');
+      gh.push('/app/beta');
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      h.push('/new-page');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+
+      // Go back so we can go forward
+      h.goBack();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('');
+      expect(gh.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/wow');
+
+      // Going forward should increase length and return to /new-page
+      h.goForward();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('/new-page');
+      expect(gh.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/wow/new-page');
+
+      // Second forward should be no-op
+      h.goForward();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('/new-page');
+      expect(gh.location.pathname).toEqual('/app/wow/new-page');
+    });
+
+    it('reacts to navigations from parent history', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      h.push('/page-1');
+      h.push('/page-2');
+
+      gh.goBack();
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('/page-1');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(3);
+
+      gh.goForward();
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('/page-2');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(3);
+
+      // Go back to /app/wow and push a new location
+      gh.goBack();
+      gh.goBack();
+      gh.push('/app/wow/page-3');
+      expect(h.location.pathname).toEqual('/page-3');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2); // ['', '/page-3']
+    });
+
+    it('increments length on push and removes length when going back and then pushing', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(2);
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(1);
+      h.push('/page1');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(2);
+      h.push('/page2');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(3);
+      h.push('/page3');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(4);
+      h.push('/page4');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(5);
+      h.push('/page5');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(6);
+      h.goBack(); // back/forward should not reduce the length
+      expect(h.length).toBe(6);
+      h.goBack();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(6);
+      h.push('/page6'); // length should only change if a new location is pushed from a point further back in the history
+      expect(h.length).toBe(5);
+      h.goBack();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(5);
+      h.goBack();
+      expect(h.length).toBe(5);
+      h.push('/page7');
+      expect(h.length).toBe(4);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('teardown behavior', () => {
+    it('throws exceptions after falling out of scope', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(2);
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      gh.push('/app/other');
+      expect(() => h.location).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
+        `"ScopedHistory instance has fell out of navigation scope for basePath: /app/wow"`
+      );
+      expect(() => h.push('/new-page')).toThrow();
+      expect(() => h.replace('/new-page')).toThrow();
+      expect(() => h.goBack()).toThrow();
+      expect(() => h.goForward()).toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('listen', () => {
+    it('calls callback with scoped location', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      const listenPaths: string[] = [];
+      h.listen(l => listenPaths.push(l.pathname));
+      h.push('/first-page');
+      h.push('/second-page');
+      h.push('/third-page');
+      h.go(-2);
+      h.goForward();
+      expect(listenPaths).toEqual([
+        '/first-page',
+        '/second-page',
+        '/third-page',
+        '/first-page',
+        '/second-page',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('stops calling callback after unlisten is called', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      const listenPaths: string[] = [];
+      const unlisten = h.listen(l => listenPaths.push(l.pathname));
+      h.push('/first-page');
+      unlisten();
+      h.push('/second-page');
+      h.push('/third-page');
+      h.go(-2);
+      h.goForward();
+      expect(listenPaths).toEqual(['/first-page']);
+    });
+
+    it('stops calling callback after browser leaves scope', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      const listenPaths: string[] = [];
+      h.listen(l => listenPaths.push(l.pathname));
+      h.push('/first-page');
+      gh.push('/app/other');
+      gh.push('/second-page');
+      gh.push('/third-page');
+      gh.go(-2);
+      gh.goForward();
+      expect(listenPaths).toEqual(['/first-page']);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('createHref', () => {
+    it('creates scoped hrefs', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      expect(h.createHref({ pathname: '' })).toEqual(`/`);
+      expect(h.createHref({ pathname: '/new-page', search: '?alpha=true' })).toEqual(
+        `/new-page?alpha=true`
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('action', () => {
+    it('provides last history action', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      gh.push('/alpha');
+      gh.goBack();
+      const h = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      expect(h.action).toBe('POP');
+      gh.push('/app/wow/page-1');
+      expect(h.action).toBe('PUSH');
+      h.replace('/page-2');
+      expect(h.action).toBe('REPLACE');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('createSubHistory', () => {
+    it('supports push', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const ghPushSpy = jest.spyOn(gh, 'push');
+      const h1 = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      h1.push('/new-page');
+      const h1PushSpy = jest.spyOn(h1, 'push');
+      const h2 = h1.createSubHistory('/new-page');
+      h2.push('/sub-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(h1PushSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/new-page/sub-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(ghPushSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/wow/new-page/sub-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(h2.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h1.length).toBe(3);
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(4);
+    });
+
+    it('supports replace', () => {
+      const gh = createMemoryHistory();
+      gh.push('/app/wow');
+      const ghReplaceSpy = jest.spyOn(gh, 'replace');
+      const h1 = new ScopedHistory(gh, '/app/wow');
+      h1.push('/new-page');
+      const h1ReplaceSpy = jest.spyOn(h1, 'replace');
+      const h2 = h1.createSubHistory('/new-page');
+      h2.push('/sub-page');
+      h2.replace('/other-sub-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(h1ReplaceSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/new-page/other-sub-page', { some: 'state' });
+      expect(ghReplaceSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/app/wow/new-page/other-sub-page', {
+        some: 'state',
+      });
+      expect(h2.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(h1.length).toBe(3);
+      expect(gh.length).toBe(4);
+    });
+  });
+});

src/core/public/application/scoped_history.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import {
+  History,
+  Path,
+  LocationDescriptorObject,
+  TransitionPromptHook,
+  UnregisterCallback,
+  LocationListener,
+  Location,
+  Href,
+  Action,
+} from 'history';
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper around a `History` instance that is scoped to a particular base path of the history stack. Behaves
+ * similarly to the `basename` option except that this wrapper hides any history stack entries from outside the scope
+ * of this base path.
+ *
+ * This wrapper also allows Core and Plugins to share a single underlying global `History` instance without exposing
+ * the history of other applications.
+ *
+ * The {@link ScopedHistory.createSubHistory | createSubHistory} method is particularly useful for applications that
+ * contain any number of "sub-apps" which should not have access to the main application's history or basePath.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export class ScopedHistory<HistoryLocationState = unknown>
+  implements History<HistoryLocationState> {
+  /**
+   * Tracks whether or not the user has left this history's scope. All methods throw errors if called after scope has
+   * been left.
+   */
+  private isActive = true;
+  /**
+   * All active listeners on this history instance.
+   */
+  private listeners = new Set<LocationListener<HistoryLocationState>>();
+  /**
+   * Array of the local history stack. Only stores {@link Location.key} to use tracking an index of the current
+   * position of the window in the history stack.
+   */
+  private locationKeys: Array<string | undefined> = [];
+  /**
+   * The key of the current position of the window in the history stack.
+   */
+  private currentLocationKeyIndex: number = 0;
+
+  constructor(private readonly parentHistory: History, private readonly basePath: string) {
+    const parentPath = this.parentHistory.location.pathname;
+    if (!parentPath.startsWith(basePath)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Browser location [${parentPath}] is not currently in expected basePath [${basePath}]`
+      );
+    }
+
+    this.locationKeys.push(this.parentHistory.location.key);
+    this.setupHistoryListener();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a `ScopedHistory` for a subpath of this `ScopedHistory`. Useful for applications that may have sub-apps
+   * that do not need access to the containing application's history.
+   *
+   * @param basePath the URL path scope for the sub history
+   */
+  public createSubHistory = <SubHistoryLocationState = unknown>(
+    basePath: string
+  ): ScopedHistory<SubHistoryLocationState> => {
+    return new ScopedHistory<SubHistoryLocationState>(this, basePath);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * The number of entries in the history stack, including all entries forwards and backwards from the current location.
+   */
+  public get length() {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    return this.locationKeys.length;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The current location of the history stack.
+   */
+  public get location() {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    return this.stripBasePath(this.parentHistory.location);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The last action dispatched on the history stack.
+   */
+  public get action() {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    return this.parentHistory.action;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Pushes a new location onto the history stack. If there are forward entries in the stack, they will be removed.
+   *
+   * @param pathOrLocation a string or location descriptor
+   * @param state
+   */
+  public push = (
+    pathOrLocation: Path | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>,
+    state?: HistoryLocationState
+  ): void => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    if (typeof pathOrLocation === 'string') {
+      this.parentHistory.push(this.prependBasePath(pathOrLocation), state);
+    } else {
+      this.parentHistory.push(this.prependBasePath(pathOrLocation));
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Replaces the current location in the history stack. Does not remove forward or backward entries.
+   *
+   * @param pathOrLocation a string or location descriptor
+   * @param state
+   */
+  public replace = (
+    pathOrLocation: Path | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>,
+    state?: HistoryLocationState
+  ): void => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    if (typeof pathOrLocation === 'string') {
+      this.parentHistory.replace(this.prependBasePath(pathOrLocation), state);
+    } else {
+      this.parentHistory.replace(this.prependBasePath(pathOrLocation));
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Send the user forward or backwards in the history stack.
+   *
+   * @param n number of positions in the stack to go. Negative numbers indicate number of entries backward, positive
+   *          numbers for forwards. If passed 0, the current location will be reloaded. If `n` exceeds the number of
+   *          entries available, this is a no-op.
+   */
+  public go = (n: number): void => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    if (n === 0) {
+      this.parentHistory.go(n);
+    } else if (n < 0) {
+      if (this.currentLocationKeyIndex + 1 + n >= 1) {
+        this.parentHistory.go(n);
+      }
+    } else if (n <= this.currentLocationKeyIndex + this.locationKeys.length - 1) {
+      this.parentHistory.go(n);
+    }
+    // no-op if no conditions above are met
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Send the user one location back in the history stack. Equivalent to calling
+   * {@link ScopedHistory.go | ScopedHistory.go(-1)}. If no more entries are available backwards, this is a no-op.
+   */
+  public goBack = () => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    this.go(-1);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Send the user one location forward in the history stack. Equivalent to calling
+   * {@link ScopedHistory.go | ScopedHistory.go(1)}. If no more entries are available forwards, this is a no-op.
+   */
+  public goForward = () => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    this.go(1);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Not supported. Use {@link AppMountParameters.onAppLeave}.
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * We prefer that applications use the `onAppLeave` API because it supports a more graceful experience that prefers
+   * a modal when possible, falling back to a confirm dialog box in the beforeunload case.
+   */
+  public block = (
+    prompt?: boolean | string | TransitionPromptHook<HistoryLocationState>
+  ): UnregisterCallback => {
+    throw new Error(
+      `history.block is not supported. Please use the AppMountParams.onAppLeave API.`
+    );
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a listener for location updates.
+   *
+   * @param listener a function that receives location updates.
+   * @returns an function to unsubscribe the listener.
+   */
+  public listen = (
+    listener: (location: Location<HistoryLocationState>, action: Action) => void
+  ): UnregisterCallback => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    this.listeners.add(listener);
+    return () => {
+      this.listeners.delete(listener);
+    };
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an href (string) to the location.
+   *
+   * @param location
+   */
+  public createHref = (location: LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>): Href => {
+    this.verifyActive();
+    return this.parentHistory.createHref(location);
+  };
+
+  private prependBasePath(path: Path): Path;
+  private prependBasePath(
+    location: LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>
+  ): LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>;
+  /**
+   * Prepends the scoped base path to the Path or Location
+   */
+  private prependBasePath(
+    pathOrLocation: Path | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>
+  ): Path | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState> {
+    if (typeof pathOrLocation === 'string') {
+      return this.prependBasePathToString(pathOrLocation);
+    } else {
+      return {
+        ...pathOrLocation,
+        pathname:
+          pathOrLocation.pathname !== undefined
+            ? this.prependBasePathToString(pathOrLocation.pathname)
+            : undefined,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Prepends the base path to string.
+   */
+  private prependBasePathToString(path: string): string {
+    path = path.startsWith('/') ? path.slice(1) : path;
+    return path.length ? `${this.basePath}/${path}` : this.basePath;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes the base path from a location.
+   */
+  private stripBasePath(location: Location<HistoryLocationState>): Location<HistoryLocationState> {
+    return {
+      ...location,
+      pathname: location.pathname.replace(new RegExp(`^${this.basePath}`), ''),
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Called on each public method to ensure that we have not fallen out of scope yet. */
+  private verifyActive() {
+    if (!this.isActive) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `ScopedHistory instance has fell out of navigation scope for basePath: ${this.basePath}`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets up the listener on the parent history instance used to follow navigation updates and track our internal
+   * state. Also forwards events to child listeners with the base path stripped from the location.
+   */
+  private setupHistoryListener() {
+    const unlisten = this.parentHistory.listen((location, action) => {
+      // If the user navigates outside the scope of this basePath, tear it down.
+      if (!location.pathname.startsWith(this.basePath)) {
+        unlisten();
+        this.isActive = false;
+        return;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Track location keys using the same algorithm the browser uses internally.
+       * - On PUSH, remove all items that came after the current location and append the new location.
+       * - On POP, set the current location, but do not change the entries.
+       * - On REPLACE, override the location for the current index with the new location.
+       */
+      if (action === 'PUSH') {
+        this.locationKeys = [
+          ...this.locationKeys.slice(0, this.currentLocationKeyIndex + 1),
+          location.key,
+        ];
+        this.currentLocationKeyIndex = this.locationKeys.indexOf(location.key); // should always be the last index
+      } else if (action === 'POP') {
+        this.currentLocationKeyIndex = this.locationKeys.indexOf(location.key);
+      } else if (action === 'REPLACE') {
+        this.locationKeys[this.currentLocationKeyIndex] = location.key;
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(`Unrecognized history action: ${action}`);
+      }
+
+      [...this.listeners].forEach(listener => {
+        listener(this.stripBasePath(location), action);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}

src/core/public/application/types.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { IUiSettingsClient } from '../ui_settings';
 import { RecursiveReadonly } from '../../utils';
 import { SavedObjectsStart } from '../saved_objects';
 import { AppCategory } from '../../types';
+import { ScopedHistory } from './scoped_history';
 
 /** @public */
 export interface AppBase {
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ export type AppUpdater = (app: AppBase) => Partial<AppUpdatableFields> | undefin
  * Extension of {@link AppBase | common app properties} with the mount function.
  * @public
  */
-export interface App extends AppBase {
+export interface App<HistoryLocationState = unknown> extends AppBase {
   /**
    * A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route. May have signature of {@link AppMount} or
    * {@link AppMountDeprecated}.
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ export interface App extends AppBase {
    * When function has two arguments, it will be called with a {@link AppMountContext | context} as the first argument.
    * This behavior is **deprecated**, and consumers should instead use {@link CoreSetup.getStartServices}.
    */
-  mount: AppMount | AppMountDeprecated;
+  mount: AppMount<HistoryLocationState> | AppMountDeprecated<HistoryLocationState>;
 
   /**
    * Hide the UI chrome when the application is mounted. Defaults to `false`.
@@ -240,7 +241,9 @@ export interface LegacyApp extends AppBase {
  *
  * @public
  */
-export type AppMount = (params: AppMountParameters) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
+export type AppMount<HistoryLocationState = unknown> = (
+  params: AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState>
+) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
 
 /**
  * A mount function called when the user navigates to this app's route.
@@ -256,9 +259,9 @@ export type AppMount = (params: AppMountParameters) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppU
  * @deprecated
  * @public
  */
-export type AppMountDeprecated = (
+export type AppMountDeprecated<HistoryLocationState = unknown> = (
   context: AppMountContext,
-  params: AppMountParameters
+  params: AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState>
 ) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
 
 /**
@@ -304,16 +307,65 @@ export interface AppMountContext {
 }
 
 /** @public */
-export interface AppMountParameters {
+export interface AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState = unknown> {
   /**
    * The container element to render the application into.
    */
   element: HTMLElement;
 
+  /**
+   * A scoped history instance for your application. Should be used to wire up
+   * your applications Router.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * How to configure react-router with a base path:
+   *
+   * ```ts
+   * // inside your plugin's setup function
+   * export class MyPlugin implements Plugin {
+   *   setup({ application }) {
+   *     application.register({
+   *      id: 'my-app',
+   *      appRoute: '/my-app',
+   *      async mount(params) {
+   *        const { renderApp } = await import('./application');
+   *        return renderApp(params);
+   *      },
+   *    });
+   *  }
+   * }
+   * ```
+   *
+   * ```ts
+   * // application.tsx
+   * import React from 'react';
+   * import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+   * import { Router, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
+   *
+   * import { CoreStart, AppMountParameters } from 'src/core/public';
+   * import { MyPluginDepsStart } from './plugin';
+   *
+   * export renderApp = ({ element, history }: AppMountParameters) => {
+   *   ReactDOM.render(
+   *     // pass `appBasePath` to `basename`
+   *     <Router history={history}>
+   *       <Route path="/" exact component={HomePage} />
+   *     </Router>,
+   *     element
+   *   );
+   *
+   *   return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
+   * }
+   * ```
+   */
+  history: ScopedHistory<HistoryLocationState>;
+
   /**
    * The route path for configuring navigation to the application.
    * This string should not include the base path from HTTP.
    *
+   * @deprecated Use {@link AppMountParameters.history} instead.
+   *
    * @example
    *
    * How to configure react-router with a base path:
@@ -340,10 +392,10 @@ export interface AppMountParameters {
    * import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
    * import { BrowserRouter, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
    *
-   * import { CoreStart, AppMountParams } from 'src/core/public';
+   * import { CoreStart, AppMountParameters } from 'src/core/public';
    * import { MyPluginDepsStart } from './plugin';
    *
-   * export renderApp = ({ appBasePath, element }: AppMountParams) => {
+   * export renderApp = ({ appBasePath, element }: AppMountParameters) => {
    *   ReactDOM.render(
    *     // pass `appBasePath` to `basename`
    *     <BrowserRouter basename={appBasePath}>
@@ -498,8 +550,9 @@ export interface ApplicationSetup {
   /**
    * Register an mountable application to the system.
    * @param app - an {@link App}
+   * @typeParam HistoryLocationState - shape of the `History` state on {@link AppMountParameters.history}, defaults to `unknown`.
    */
-  register(app: App): void;
+  register<HistoryLocationState = unknown>(app: App<HistoryLocationState>): void;
 
   /**
    * Register an application updater that can be used to change the {@link AppUpdatableFields} fields
@@ -551,7 +604,10 @@ export interface InternalApplicationSetup extends Pick<ApplicationSetup, 'regist
    * @param plugin - opaque ID of the plugin that registers this application
    * @param app
    */
-  register(plugin: PluginOpaqueId, app: App): void;
+  register<HistoryLocationState = unknown>(
+    plugin: PluginOpaqueId,
+    app: App<HistoryLocationState>
+  ): void;
 
   /**
    * Register metadata about legacy applications. Legacy apps will not be mounted when navigated to.

src/core/public/application/ui/app_container.test.tsx

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 
 import { AppContainer } from './app_container';
 import { Mounter, AppMountParameters, AppStatus } from '../types';
+import { createMemoryHistory } from 'history';
+import { ScopedHistory } from '../scoped_history';
 
 describe('AppContainer', () => {
   const appId = 'someApp';
@@ -60,10 +62,15 @@ describe('AppContainer', () => {
 
     const wrapper = mount(
       <AppContainer
+        appPath={`/app/${appId}`}
         appId={appId}
         appStatus={AppStatus.inaccessible}
         mounter={mounter}
         setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandler}
+        createScopedHistory={(appPath: string) =>
+          // Create a history using the appPath as the current location
+          new ScopedHistory(createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: [appPath] }), appPath)
+        }
       />
     );
 

src/core/public/application/ui/app_container.tsx

@@ -28,18 +28,24 @@ import React, {
 
 import { AppLeaveHandler, AppStatus, AppUnmount, Mounter } from '../types';
 import { AppNotFound } from './app_not_found_screen';
+import { ScopedHistory } from '../scoped_history';
 
 interface Props {
+  /** Path application is mounted on without the global basePath */
+  appPath: string;
   appId: string;
   mounter?: Mounter;
   appStatus: AppStatus;
   setAppLeaveHandler: (appId: string, handler: AppLeaveHandler) => void;
+  createScopedHistory: (appUrl: string) => ScopedHistory;
 }
 
 export const AppContainer: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
   mounter,
   appId,
+  appPath,
   setAppLeaveHandler,
+  createScopedHistory,
   appStatus,
 }: Props) => {
   const [appNotFound, setAppNotFound] = useState(false);
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ export const AppContainer: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
       unmountRef.current =
         (await mounter.mount({
           appBasePath: mounter.appBasePath,
+          history: createScopedHistory(appPath),
           element: elementRef.current!,
           onAppLeave: handler => setAppLeaveHandler(appId, handler),
         })) || null;
@@ -75,7 +82,7 @@ export const AppContainer: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
     mount();
 
     return unmount;
-  }, [appId, appStatus, mounter, setAppLeaveHandler]);
+  }, [appId, appStatus, mounter, createScopedHistory, setAppLeaveHandler, appPath]);
 
   return (
     <Fragment>

src/core/public/application/ui/app_router.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { FunctionComponent } from 'react';
+import React, { FunctionComponent, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Route, RouteComponentProps, Router, Switch } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { History } from 'history';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { useObservable } from 'react-use';
 
 import { AppLeaveHandler, AppStatus, Mounter } from '../types';
 import { AppContainer } from './app_container';
+import { ScopedHistory } from '../scoped_history';
 
 interface Props {
   mounters: Map<string, Mounter>;
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ export const AppRouter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
   appStatuses$,
 }) => {
   const appStatuses = useObservable(appStatuses$, new Map());
+  const createScopedHistory = useMemo(
+    () => (appPath: string) => new ScopedHistory(history, appPath),
+    [history]
+  );
+
   return (
     <Router history={history}>
       <Switch>
@@ -56,12 +62,12 @@ export const AppRouter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
                 <Route
                   key={mounter.appRoute}
                   path={mounter.appRoute}
-                  render={() => (
+                  render={({ match: { url } }) => (
                     <AppContainer
-                      mounter={mounter}
-                      appId={appId}
+                      appPath={url}
                       appStatus={appStatuses.get(appId) ?? AppStatus.inaccessible}
-                      setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandler}
+                      createScopedHistory={createScopedHistory}
+                      {...{ appId, mounter, setAppLeaveHandler }}
                     />
                   )}
                 />,
@@ -72,6 +78,7 @@ export const AppRouter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
           render={({
             match: {
               params: { appId },
+              url,
             },
           }: RouteComponentProps<Params>) => {
             // Find the mounter including legacy mounters with subapps:
@@ -81,10 +88,11 @@ export const AppRouter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
 
             return (
               <AppContainer
-                mounter={mounter}
+                appPath={url}
                 appId={id}
                 appStatus={appStatuses.get(id) ?? AppStatus.inaccessible}
-                setAppLeaveHandler={setAppLeaveHandler}
+                createScopedHistory={createScopedHistory}
+                {...{ mounter, setAppLeaveHandler }}
               />
             );
           }}

src/core/public/index.ts

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export {
   AppNavLinkStatus,
   AppUpdatableFields,
   AppUpdater,
+  ScopedHistory,
 } from './application';
 
 export {

src/core/public/mocks.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export { notificationServiceMock } from './notifications/notifications_service.m
 export { overlayServiceMock } from './overlays/overlay_service.mock';
 export { uiSettingsServiceMock } from './ui_settings/ui_settings_service.mock';
 export { savedObjectsServiceMock } from './saved_objects/saved_objects_service.mock';
+export { scopedHistoryMock } from './application/scoped_history.mock';
 
 function createCoreSetupMock({ basePath = '' } = {}) {
   const mock = {

src/core/public/public.api.md

@@ -4,25 +4,30 @@
 
 ```ts
 
+import { Action } from 'history';
 import { Breadcrumb } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { EuiButtonEmptyProps } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { EuiConfirmModalProps } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { EuiGlobalToastListToast } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { ExclusiveUnion } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { History } from 'history';
 import { IconType } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { Location } from 'history';
+import { LocationDescriptorObject } from 'history';
 import { MaybePromise } from '@kbn/utility-types';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import React from 'react';
 import * as Rx from 'rxjs';
 import { ShallowPromise } from '@kbn/utility-types';
 import { UiSettingsParams as UiSettingsParams_2 } from 'src/core/server/types';
+import { UnregisterCallback } from 'history';
 import { UserProvidedValues as UserProvidedValues_2 } from 'src/core/server/types';
 
 // @public
-export interface App extends AppBase {
+export interface App<HistoryLocationState = unknown> extends AppBase {
     appRoute?: string;
     chromeless?: boolean;
-    mount: AppMount | AppMountDeprecated;
+    mount: AppMount<HistoryLocationState> | AppMountDeprecated<HistoryLocationState>;
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ export type AppLeaveHandler = (factory: AppLeaveActionFactory) => AppLeaveAction
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface ApplicationSetup {
-    register(app: App): void;
+    register<HistoryLocationState = unknown>(app: App<HistoryLocationState>): void;
     registerAppUpdater(appUpdater$: Observable<AppUpdater>): void;
     // @deprecated
     registerMountContext<T extends keyof AppMountContext>(contextName: T, provider: IContextProvider<AppMountDeprecated, T>): void;
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ export interface ApplicationStart {
 }
 
 // @public
-export type AppMount = (params: AppMountParameters) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
+export type AppMount<HistoryLocationState = unknown> = (params: AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState>) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
 
 // @public @deprecated
 export interface AppMountContext {
@@ -133,12 +138,14 @@ export interface AppMountContext {
 }
 
 // @public @deprecated
-export type AppMountDeprecated = (context: AppMountContext, params: AppMountParameters) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
+export type AppMountDeprecated<HistoryLocationState = unknown> = (context: AppMountContext, params: AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState>) => AppUnmount | Promise<AppUnmount>;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export interface AppMountParameters {
+export interface AppMountParameters<HistoryLocationState = unknown> {
+    // @deprecated
     appBasePath: string;
     element: HTMLElement;
+    history: ScopedHistory<HistoryLocationState>;
     onAppLeave: (handler: AppLeaveHandler) => void;
 }
 
@@ -1175,6 +1182,23 @@ export interface SavedObjectsUpdateOptions {
     version?: string;
 }
 
+// @public
+export class ScopedHistory<HistoryLocationState = unknown> implements History<HistoryLocationState> {
+    constructor(parentHistory: History, basePath: string);
+    get action(): Action;
+    block: (prompt?: string | boolean | History.TransitionPromptHook<HistoryLocationState> | undefined) => UnregisterCallback;
+    createHref: (location: LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>) => string;
+    createSubHistory: <SubHistoryLocationState = unknown>(basePath: string) => ScopedHistory<SubHistoryLocationState>;
+    go: (n: number) => void;
+    goBack: () => void;
+    goForward: () => void;
+    get length(): number;
+    listen: (listener: (location: Location<HistoryLocationState>, action: Action) => void) => UnregisterCallback;
+    get location(): Location<HistoryLocationState>;
+    push: (pathOrLocation: string | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>, state?: HistoryLocationState | undefined) => void;
+    replace: (pathOrLocation: string | LocationDescriptorObject<HistoryLocationState>, state?: HistoryLocationState | undefined) => void;
+    }
+
 // @public
 export class SimpleSavedObject<T = unknown> {
     constructor(client: SavedObjectsClientContract, { id, type, version, attributes, error, references, migrationVersion }: SavedObject<T>);

src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/local_application_service/local_application_service.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,13 @@ export class LocalApplicationService {
             isUnmounted = true;
           });
           (async () => {
-            const params = { element, appBasePath: '', onAppLeave: () => undefined };
+            const params = {
+              element,
+              appBasePath: '',
+              onAppLeave: () => undefined,
+              // TODO: adapt to use Core's ScopedHistory
+              history: {} as any,
+            };
             unmountHandler = isAppMountDeprecated(app.mount)
               ? await app.mount({ core: npStart.core }, params)
               : await app.mount(params);

src/legacy/ui/public/new_platform/new_platform.test.mocks.ts

@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { scopedHistoryMock } from '../../../../core/public/mocks';
+
 export const setRootControllerMock = jest.fn();
 
 jest.doMock('ui/chrome', () => ({
   setRootController: setRootControllerMock,
 }));
+
+export const historyMock = scopedHistoryMock.create();
+jest.doMock('../../../../core/public', () => ({
+  ScopedHistory: jest.fn(() => historyMock),
+}));

src/legacy/ui/public/new_platform/new_platform.test.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { setRootControllerMock } from './new_platform.test.mocks';
+jest.mock('history');
+
+import { setRootControllerMock, historyMock } from './new_platform.test.mocks';
 import { legacyAppRegister, __reset__, __setup__ } from './new_platform';
 import { coreMock } from '../../../../core/public/mocks';
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ describe('ui/new_platform', () => {
         element: elementMock[0],
         appBasePath: '/test/base/path/app/test',
         onAppLeave: expect.any(Function),
+        history: historyMock,
       });
     });
 
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ describe('ui/new_platform', () => {
         element: elementMock[0],
         appBasePath: '/test/base/path/app/test',
         onAppLeave: expect.any(Function),
+        history: historyMock,
       });
     });
 

src/legacy/ui/public/new_platform/new_platform.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ import { IScope } from 'angular';
 
 import { UiActionsStart, UiActionsSetup } from 'src/plugins/ui_actions/public';
 import { IEmbeddableStart, IEmbeddableSetup } from 'src/plugins/embeddable/public';
-import { LegacyCoreSetup, LegacyCoreStart, App, AppMountDeprecated } from '../../../../core/public';
+import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
+import {
+  LegacyCoreSetup,
+  LegacyCoreStart,
+  App,
+  AppMountDeprecated,
+  ScopedHistory,
+} from '../../../../core/public';
 import { Plugin as DataPlugin } from '../../../../plugins/data/public';
 import { Plugin as ExpressionsPlugin } from '../../../../plugins/expressions/public';
 import {
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ let legacyAppRegistered = false;
  * Exported for testing only. Use `npSetup.core.application.register` in legacy apps.
  * @internal
  */
-export const legacyAppRegister = (app: App) => {
+export const legacyAppRegister = (app: App<any>) => {
   if (legacyAppRegistered) {
     throw new Error(`core.application.register may only be called once for legacy plugins.`);
   }
@@ -137,9 +144,15 @@ export const legacyAppRegister = (app: App) => {
 
     // Root controller cannot return a Promise so use an internal async function and call it immediately
     (async () => {
+      const appRoute = app.appRoute || `/app/${app.id}`;
+      const appBasePath = npSetup.core.http.basePath.prepend(appRoute);
       const params = {
         element,
-        appBasePath: npSetup.core.http.basePath.prepend(`/app/${app.id}`),
+        appBasePath,
+        history: new ScopedHistory(
+          createBrowserHistory({ basename: npSetup.core.http.basePath.get() }),
+          appRoute
+        ),
         onAppLeave: () => undefined,
       };
       const unmount = isAppMountDeprecated(app.mount)

src/plugins/dev_tools/public/application.tsx

@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ function DevToolsWrapper({
             if (mountedTool.current) {
               mountedTool.current.unmountHandler();
             }
-            const params = { element, appBasePath: '', onAppLeave: () => undefined };
+            const params = {
+              element,
+              appBasePath: '',
+              onAppLeave: () => undefined,
+              // TODO: adapt to use Core's ScopedHistory
+              history: {} as any,
+            };
             const unmountHandler = isAppMountDeprecated(activeDevTool.mount)
               ? await activeDevTool.mount(appMountContext, params)
               : await activeDevTool.mount(params);

test/plugin_functional/plugins/core_plugin_a/public/application.tsx

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { History } from 'history';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, withRouter, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Router, Route, withRouter, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import {
   EuiPage,
@@ -115,8 +116,8 @@ const Nav = withRouter(({ history, navigateToApp }: NavProps) => (
   />
 ));
 
-const FooApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountContext }) => (
-  <Router basename={basename}>
+const FooApp = ({ history, context }: { history: History; context: AppMountContext }) => (
+  <Router history={history}>
     <EuiPage>
       <EuiPageSideBar>
         <Nav navigateToApp={context.core.application.navigateToApp} />
@@ -127,11 +128,8 @@ const FooApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountCont
   </Router>
 );
 
-export const renderApp = (
-  context: AppMountContext,
-  { appBasePath, element }: AppMountParameters
-) => {
-  ReactDOM.render(<FooApp basename={appBasePath} context={context} />, element);
+export const renderApp = (context: AppMountContext, { history, element }: AppMountParameters) => {
+  ReactDOM.render(<FooApp history={history} context={context} />, element);
 
   return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
 };

test/plugin_functional/plugins/core_plugin_b/public/application.tsx

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { History } from 'history';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, withRouter, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { Router, Route, withRouter, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import {
   EuiPage,
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ const Nav = withRouter(({ history, navigateToApp }: NavProps) => (
   />
 ));
 
-const BarApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountContext }) => (
-  <Router basename={basename}>
+const BarApp = ({ history, context }: { history: History; context: AppMountContext }) => (
+  <Router history={history}>
     <EuiPage>
       <EuiPageSideBar>
         <Nav navigateToApp={context.core.application.navigateToApp} />
@@ -134,11 +135,8 @@ const BarApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountCont
   </Router>
 );
 
-export const renderApp = (
-  context: AppMountContext,
-  { appBasePath, element }: AppMountParameters
-) => {
-  ReactDOM.render(<BarApp basename={appBasePath} context={context} />, element);
+export const renderApp = (context: AppMountContext, { history, element }: AppMountParameters) => {
+  ReactDOM.render(<BarApp history={history} context={context} />, element);
 
   return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
 };

test/plugin_functional/plugins/core_plugin_legacy/index.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default function(kibana: any) {
     require: ['kibana'],
     uiExports: {
       app: {
+        id: 'core_legacy_compat',
         title: 'Core Legacy Compat',
         description: 'This is a sample plugin to test core to legacy compatibility',
         main: 'plugins/core_plugin_legacy/index',

test/plugin_functional/plugins/legacy_plugin/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
+export default function(kibana: any) {
+  return new kibana.Plugin({
+    id: 'legacy_plugin',
+    require: ['kibana'],
+    uiExports: {
+      app: {
+        id: 'legacy_app',
+        title: 'Legacy App',
+        description: 'This is a sample plugin to test legacy apps',
+        main: 'plugins/legacy_plugin/index',
+      },
+    },
+  });
+}

test/plugin_functional/plugins/legacy_plugin/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "legacy_plugin",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.tsx",
+  "kibana": {
+    "version": "kibana",
+    "templateVersion": "1.0.0"
+  },
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "scripts": {
+    "kbn": "node ../../../../scripts/kbn.js",
+    "build": "rm -rf './target' && tsc"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "3.7.2"
+  }
+}

test/plugin_functional/plugins/legacy_plugin/public/index.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { IScope } from 'angular';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+
+import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
+
+const App = () => <h1 data-test-subj="legacyAppH1">legacy_app</h1>;
+
+chrome.setRootController('legacy_app', ($scope: IScope, $element: JQLite) => {
+  const element = $element[0];
+
+  ReactDOM.render(<App />, element);
+  $scope.$on('$destroy', () => {
+    ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
+  });
+});

test/plugin_functional/plugins/legacy_plugin/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./target",
+    "skipLibCheck": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "index.ts",
+    "public/**/*.ts",
+    "public/**/*.tsx",
+    "server/**/*.ts",
+    "../../../../typings/**/*",
+  ],
+  "exclude": []
+}

test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/application_leave_confirm.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
         const alert = await browser.getAlert();
         expect(alert).not.to.eql(undefined);
         alert!.accept();
-        expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/core_plugin_legacy'));
+        expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/core_legacy_compat'));
       });
     });
   });

test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/applications.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
   const appsMenu = getService('appsMenu');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
   const find = getService('find');
+  const retry = getService('retry');
 
   const loadingScreenNotShown = async () =>
     expect(await testSubjects.exists('kbnLoadingMessage')).to.be(false);
@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
       search,
     });
 
+  /** Use retry logic to make URL assertions less flaky */
+  const waitForUrlToBe = (pathname?: string, search?: string) => {
+    const expectedUrl = getKibanaUrl(pathname, search);
+    return retry.waitFor(`Url to be ${expectedUrl}`, async () => {
+      return (await browser.getCurrentUrl()) === expectedUrl;
+    });
+  };
+
   describe('ui applications', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async () => {
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('foo');
@@ -60,29 +69,36 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
     it('navigates to its own pages', async () => {
       // Go to page A
       await testSubjects.click('fooNavPageA');
-      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/foo/page-a'));
+      await waitForUrlToBe('/app/foo/page-a');
       await loadingScreenNotShown();
       await testSubjects.existOrFail('fooAppPageA');
 
       // Go to home page
       await testSubjects.click('fooNavHome');
-      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/foo/'));
+      await waitForUrlToBe('/app/foo');
       await loadingScreenNotShown();
       await testSubjects.existOrFail('fooAppHome');
     });
 
     it('can use the back button to navigate within an app', async () => {
       await browser.goBack();
-      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/foo/page-a'));
+      await waitForUrlToBe('/app/foo/page-a');
       await loadingScreenNotShown();
       await testSubjects.existOrFail('fooAppPageA');
     });
 
+    it('navigates to app root when navlink is clicked', async () => {
+      await appsMenu.clickLink('Foo');
+      await waitForUrlToBe('/app/foo');
+      await loadingScreenNotShown();
+      await testSubjects.existOrFail('fooAppHome');
+    });
+
     it('navigates to other apps', async () => {
       await testSubjects.click('fooNavBarPageB');
       await loadingScreenNotShown();
       await testSubjects.existOrFail('barAppPageB');
-      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/bar/page-b', 'query=here'));
+      await waitForUrlToBe('/app/bar/page-b', 'query=here');
     });
 
     it('preserves query parameters across apps', async () => {
@@ -92,9 +108,9 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
 
     it('can use the back button to navigate back to previous app', async () => {
       await browser.goBack();
-      expect(await browser.getCurrentUrl()).to.eql(getKibanaUrl('/app/foo/page-a'));
+      await waitForUrlToBe('/app/foo');
       await loadingScreenNotShown();
-      await testSubjects.existOrFail('fooAppPageA');
+      await testSubjects.existOrFail('fooAppHome');
     });
 
     it('chromeless applications are not visible in apps list', async () => {

test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/legacy_plugins.ts

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
 
     describe('application service compatibility layer', () => {
       it('can render legacy apps', async () => {
-        await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('core_plugin_legacy');
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('core_legacy_compat');
         expect(await testSubjects.exists('coreLegacyCompatH1')).to.be(true);
       });
     });

test/plugin_functional/test_suites/core_plugins/rendering.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
     });
 
     it('renders "legacy" application', async () => {
-      await navigateTo('/render/core_plugin_legacy');
+      await navigateTo('/render/legacy_app');
 
       const [loadingMessage, legacyMode, userSettings] = await Promise.all([
         findLoadingMessage(),
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
 
       await find.waitForElementStale(loadingMessage);
 
-      expect(await exists('coreLegacyCompatH1')).to.be(true);
+      expect(await exists('legacyAppH1')).to.be(true);
       expect(await exists('renderingHeader')).to.be(false);
     });
 
     it('renders "legacy" application without user settings', async () => {
-      await navigateTo('/render/core_plugin_legacy?includeUserSettings=false');
+      await navigateTo('/render/legacy_app?includeUserSettings=false');
 
       const [loadingMessage, legacyMode, userSettings] = await Promise.all([
         findLoadingMessage(),
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }: PluginFunctionalProvider
 
       await find.waitForElementStale(loadingMessage);
 
-      expect(await exists('coreLegacyCompatH1')).to.be(true);
+      expect(await exists('legacyAppH1')).to.be(true);
       expect(await exists('renderingHeader')).to.be(false);
     });
 

x-pack/legacy/plugins/index_lifecycle_management/public/legacy.ts

@@ -74,11 +74,13 @@ if (chrome.getInjected('ilmUiEnabled')) {
             ...core,
             application: {
               ...core.application,
-              async register(app: App) {
+              async register(app: App<any>) {
                 const unmountApp = await app.mount({ ...npStart } as any, {
                   element,
                   appBasePath: '',
                   onAppLeave: () => undefined,
+                  // TODO: adapt to use Core's ScopedHistory
+                  history: {} as any,
                 });
                 manageAngularLifecycle($scope, $route, unmountApp as any);
               },

x-pack/legacy/plugins/license_management/public/register_route.ts

@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ if (licenseManagementUiEnabled) {
               ...npSetup.core,
               application: {
                 ...npSetup.core.application,
-                async register(app: App) {
+                async register(app: App<any>) {
                   const unmountApp = await app.mount({ ...npStart } as any, {
                     element,
                     appBasePath: '',
                     onAppLeave: () => undefined,
+                    // TODO: adapt to use Core's ScopedHistory
+                    history: {} as any,
                   });
                   manageAngularLifecycle($scope, $route, unmountApp as any);
                 },

x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class MlPlugin implements Plugin<Setup, Start> {
           element: params.element,
           appBasePath: params.appBasePath,
           onAppLeave: params.onAppLeave,
+          history: params.history,
           data,
           __LEGACY,
           security,

x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/apps/plugin.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export class Plugin {
       title: PLUGIN.TITLE,
     });
     core.application.register({
-      appRoute: '/app/uptime#/',
       id: PLUGIN.ID,
       euiIconType: 'uptimeApp',
       order: 8900,