bug: [Angular] inline ion-modal is not and cannot be dismissed when the parent component is destroyed

[distante]

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Ionic Framework Version

v8.x

Current Behavior

When opening an ion-modal inline, if the parent component gets destroyed when the modal is open, the modal is not dismissed nor destroyed

Expected Behavior

The modal should close when the parent component is destroyed

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an inline ion-modal inside a child-component
2. Destroy the Child component (ngIf or similar)

Code Reproduction URL

https://stackblitz.com/edit/tmgkbwps

Ionic Info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 7.2.0
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 8.5.6
@angular-devkit/build-angular : 19.2.6
@angular-devkit/schematics : 19.2.6
@angular/cli : 19.2.6
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 11.0.1

Capacitor:

Capacitor CLI : 7.2.0
@capacitor/android : 7.2.0
@capacitor/core : 7.2.0
@capacitor/ios : not installed

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : not installed
Cordova Platforms : not available
Cordova Plugins : not available

Utility:

cordova-res : not installed globally
native-run : 2.0.1

System:

NodeJS : v20.18.3 (/Users/me/.volta/tools/image/node/20.18.3/bin/node)
npm : 10.8.2
OS : macOS Unknown

Additional Information

I have not found any workaround for this besides use some flag inside the parent component to "render the content", which is dangerous since we can not prevent a regular Angular if usage in the future.

[EinfachHans]

This is because the modal is portaled to the body and not rendered with in the page component.

what i did in the past was save the modal instance and destroy it whenever the page is destroyed.

[distante]

That, IMO, beats the usage of the modal as inline.

[EinfachHans]

I agree. I guess what would be also needed for this would be #24198

[distante]

Maybe, I do not know how it is implemented internally. If it where an angular component wrapper that calls the modal controller internally, it could dismiss it .