Change visible url at start of OnRouteChangeStart

[tomgreeEn]

I'm using getInitialProps for SSR

To speed up the feel of the site I'm rendering a version of the page being navigated to OnRouteChangeStart with loading skeletons, which is working quite nicely.

The only issue is that the visible URL doesn't update until the route change is complete - so it appears to lag behind the page change.

Has anyone found a workaround for this ? I've been trying with window.history.pushState(null, null, path) which works but breaks the history. Can I use it in conjunction with Router.replace or Route.beforePopState to force the URL change at the start of the transition but maintain the integrity of the history stack ?