My angular route config is as below: export const routes: Routes = [ { path: 'mgmt', ... }, { path: 'about', ... }, { path: '**', component: PageNotFoundCmp } ]; But now on a page, there's a link (<a href="/help/en/index.html" target="_blank">) to help pages, which are static resources hosted on the same server. With the above route config, apparently it will be matched to others ** - page not found. Let's say we cannot host help resources in another domain, is there any way to exclude /help/** path from angular routing? or do you think this is a valid feature request for angular to support? Continue reading...