diff --git a/.ddev/example/Controller/Admin/DashboardController.php b/.ddev/example/Controller/Admin/DashboardController.php
index 56094ca0e5..385c67cf21 100644
--- a/.ddev/example/Controller/Admin/DashboardController.php
+++ b/.ddev/example/Controller/Admin/DashboardController.php
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Dashboard;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\MenuItem;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Controller\AbstractDashboardController;
-use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Expression;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;
 
 class DashboardController extends AbstractDashboardController
 {
diff --git a/src/Router/AdminUrlGenerator.php b/src/Router/AdminUrlGenerator.php
index 0e6b515f3d..4791dc809e 100644
--- a/src/Router/AdminUrlGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Router/AdminUrlGenerator.php
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ public function generateUrl(): string
             $this->initialize();
         }
 
+        $usePrettyUrls = $this->adminRouteGenerator->usesPrettyUrls();
+
         if (true === $this->includeReferrer) {
             $this->setRouteParameter(EA::REFERRER, $this->customPageReferrer ?? $this->currentPageReferrer);
         }
@@ -239,7 +241,9 @@ public function generateUrl(): string
             }
 
             $this->dashboardRoute = $dashboardRoute;
-            $this->unset(EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN);
+            if (!$usePrettyUrls) {
+                $this->unset(EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN);
+            }
         }
 
         // if the current action is 'index' and an entity ID is defined, remove the entity ID to prevent exceptions automatically
@@ -276,7 +280,6 @@ public function generateUrl(): string
         }
 
         $context = $this->adminContextProvider->getContext();
-        $usePrettyUrls = null !== $context && $context->usePrettyUrls();
         $urlType = null !== $context && false === $context->getAbsoluteUrls() ? UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_PATH : UrlGeneratorInterface::ABSOLUTE_URL;
 
         if (null !== $this->get(EA::ROUTE_NAME)) {
@@ -284,12 +287,15 @@ public function generateUrl(): string
         }
 
         if ($usePrettyUrls) {
-            $dashboardControllerFqcn = $this->get(EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN) ?? $context->getRequest()->attributes->get(EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN) ?? $this->dashboardControllerRegistry->getFirstDashboardFqcn();
-            $crudControllerFqcn = $this->get(EA::CRUD_CONTROLLER_FQCN) ?? $context->getRequest()->attributes->get(EA::CRUD_CONTROLLER_FQCN);
-            $actionName = $this->get(EA::CRUD_ACTION) ?? $context->getRequest()->attributes->get(EA::CRUD_ACTION);
+            $dashboardControllerFqcn = $this->get(EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN) ?? $context?->getRequest()->attributes->get(EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN) ?? $this->dashboardControllerRegistry->getFirstDashboardFqcn();
+            $crudControllerFqcn = $this->get(EA::CRUD_CONTROLLER_FQCN) ?? $context?->getRequest()->attributes->get(EA::CRUD_CONTROLLER_FQCN);
+            $actionName = $this->get(EA::CRUD_ACTION) ?? $context?->getRequest()->attributes->get(EA::CRUD_ACTION);
 
             if (null === $crudControllerFqcn || null === $routeName = $this->adminRouteGenerator->findRouteName($dashboardControllerFqcn, $crudControllerFqcn, $actionName)) {
                 $routeName = $this->dashboardRoute;
+                if (null === $crudControllerFqcn) {
+                    unset($routeParameters[EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN]);
+                }
             } else {
                 // remove these parameters so they don't appear in the query string when using pretty URLs
                 unset($routeParameters[EA::DASHBOARD_CONTROLLER_FQCN]);
diff --git a/tests/Controller/CategoryCrudControllerTest.php b/tests/Controller/CategoryCrudControllerTest.php
index 0affb5e5e4..d28adfeef9 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/CategoryCrudControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/CategoryCrudControllerTest.php
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ public function testToggle(string $method, ?string $invalidCsrfToken, ?string $f
         $firstFoundToggleUrl = $crawler->filter('td.field-boolean .form-switch input[type="checkbox"]')->first()->attr('data-toggle-url');
 
         // Get the category's active state from the DB
-        parse_str(parse_url($firstFoundToggleUrl, \PHP_URL_QUERY), $parameters);
-        $categoryId = $parameters['entityId'];
+        preg_match('#category/(\d+)/#', parse_url($firstFoundToggleUrl, \PHP_URL_PATH), $parameters);
+        $categoryId = $parameters[1] ?? null;
         $active = $this->categories->find($categoryId)->isActive();
         static::assertIsBool($active);
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public function testPagination()
 
         // test pagination maintains all query parameters, including custom ones
         $queryParameters = http_build_query(['sort[name]' => 'DESC', 'CUSTOM_param' => 'foobar1234']);
-        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'&'.$queryParameters);
+        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'?'.$queryParameters);
 
         $firstPageUrl = $crawler->filter('.list-pagination-paginator .page-item:nth-child(2) .page-link')->attr('href');
         static::assertSame(['name' => 'DESC'], $this->getParameterFromUrlQueryString($firstPageUrl, 'sort'));
diff --git a/tests/Controller/Search/DefaultCrudSearchControllerTest.php b/tests/Controller/Search/DefaultCrudSearchControllerTest.php
index 272c98d074..99b468c281 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/Search/DefaultCrudSearchControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/Search/DefaultCrudSearchControllerTest.php
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ public function testDefaultEmptySearchForm()
         $this->assertSelectorNotExists('form.form-action-search .content-search-reset', 'The empty search form should not display the button to reset contents');
 
         $form = $crawler->filter('form.form-action-search');
-        $this->assertSame('index', $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="crudAction"]')->attr('value'));
-        $this->assertSame(DefaultCrudSearchController::class, $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="crudControllerFqcn"]')->attr('value'));
-        $this->assertSame('1', $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="page"]')->attr('value'));
 
         $formSearchInput = $form->filter('input[name="query"]');
         $this->assertSame('', $formSearchInput->attr('value'));
@@ -49,9 +46,6 @@ public function testSearchFormAfterMakingAQuery()
         $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl('blog post'));
 
         $form = $crawler->filter('form.form-action-search');
-        $this->assertSame('index', $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="crudAction"]')->attr('value'));
-        $this->assertSame(DefaultCrudSearchController::class, $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="crudControllerFqcn"]')->attr('value'));
-        $this->assertSame('1', $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="page"]')->attr('value'));
 
         $formSearchInput = $form->filter('input[name="query"]');
         $this->assertSame('blog post', $formSearchInput->attr('value'));
@@ -60,7 +54,8 @@ public function testSearchFormAfterMakingAQuery()
         $this->assertSame('off', $formSearchInput->attr('autocorrect'));
 
         $this->assertSelectorExists('form.form-action-search .content-search-reset', 'After making a query, the search form should display the button to reset contents');
-        $this->assertSame($this->generateIndexUrl(), $crawler->filter('form.form-action-search .content-search-reset')->attr('href'));
+        // With prettyUrls, the generated URL contains the page parameter set to 1
+        $this->assertSame($this->generateIndexUrl().'?page=1', $crawler->filter('form.form-action-search .content-search-reset')->attr('href'));
     }
 
     public function testPaginationNotDisplayedWhenNotNeeded()
@@ -72,7 +67,6 @@ public function testPaginationNotDisplayedWhenNotNeeded()
 
         // assert that the pagination is not displayed because there are not enough results
         $form = $crawler->filter('form.form-action-search');
-        $this->assertSame('1', $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="page"]')->attr('value'));
         $this->assertSame('1', $crawler->filter('.list-pagination .list-pagination-counter strong')->text());
         $this->assertSelectorNotExists('.list-pagination nav.pager');
     }
@@ -90,7 +84,6 @@ public function testPaginationAndSortingIsResetAfterAQuery()
 
         // assert that the pagination and sorting is reset
         $form = $crawler->filter('form.form-action-search');
-        $this->assertSame('1', $form->filter('input[type="hidden"][name="page"]')->attr('value'));
         $this->assertSame('1', $crawler->filter('.page-item.active .page-link')->text());
 
         $this->assertCount(0, $crawler->filter('th[data-column="title"] a.sorted'));
diff --git a/tests/Orm/BillSortTest.php b/tests/Orm/BillSortTest.php
index bd340dd9dc..8608ba4c9d 100644
--- a/tests/Orm/BillSortTest.php
+++ b/tests/Orm/BillSortTest.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function testSorting(array $query, ?\Closure $sortFunction, string $expec
         }
 
         // Act
-        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'&'.http_build_query($query));
+        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'?'.http_build_query($query));
 
         // Assert
         $this->assertResponseIsSuccessful();
diff --git a/tests/Orm/CustomerSortTest.php b/tests/Orm/CustomerSortTest.php
index d8f879faa4..b7a0611828 100644
--- a/tests/Orm/CustomerSortTest.php
+++ b/tests/Orm/CustomerSortTest.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function testSorting(array $query, ?\Closure $sortFunction, string $expec
         }
 
         // Act
-        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'&'.http_build_query($query));
+        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'?'.http_build_query($query));
 
         // Assert
         $this->assertResponseIsSuccessful();
diff --git a/tests/Orm/PageSortTest.php b/tests/Orm/PageSortTest.php
index 39c18d2193..f7def584db 100644
--- a/tests/Orm/PageSortTest.php
+++ b/tests/Orm/PageSortTest.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function testSorting(array $query, ?string $sortFunction, string $expecte
         }
 
         // Act
-        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'&'.http_build_query($query));
+        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'?'.http_build_query($query));
 
         // Assert
         $this->assertResponseIsSuccessful();
diff --git a/tests/Orm/WebsiteSortTest.php b/tests/Orm/WebsiteSortTest.php
index 47079676d1..2659c028a9 100644
--- a/tests/Orm/WebsiteSortTest.php
+++ b/tests/Orm/WebsiteSortTest.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function testSorting(array $query, ?\Closure $sortFunction, string $expec
         }
 
         // Act
-        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'&'.http_build_query($query));
+        $crawler = $this->client->request('GET', $this->generateIndexUrl().'?'.http_build_query($query));
 
         // Assert
         $this->assertResponseIsSuccessful();
diff --git a/tests/Router/AdminUrlGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Router/AdminUrlGeneratorTest.php
index 2a91ae4b5a..78fc5aada9 100644
--- a/tests/Router/AdminUrlGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Router/AdminUrlGeneratorTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Router\AdminRouteGenerator;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Router\AdminUrlGenerator;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Router\AdminUrlGeneratorInterface;
+use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Controller\DashboardController;
 use Symfony\Bridge\PhpUnit\ExpectDeprecationTrait;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\WebTestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -303,11 +304,12 @@ private function getAdminUrlGenerator(bool $signedUrls = false, bool $absoluteUr
         ]);
         $dashboardControllerRegistry->method('getNumberOfDashboards')->willReturn(2);
         $dashboardControllerRegistry->method('getFirstDashboardRoute')->willReturn('admin');
+        $dashboardControllerRegistry->method('getFirstDashboardFqcn')->willReturn(DashboardController::class);
 
         $container = Kernel::MAJOR_VERSION >= 6 ? static::getContainer() : self::$container;
         $router = $container->get('router');
 
-        $adminRouteGenerator = $this->getMockBuilder(AdminRouteGenerator::class)->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
+        $adminRouteGenerator = $container->get(AdminRouteGenerator::class);
 
         return new AdminUrlGenerator($adminContextProvider, $router, $dashboardControllerRegistry, $adminRouteGenerator);
     }
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/config/routes.php b/tests/TestApplication/config/routes.php
index 0c0249ffac..d003596652 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/config/routes.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/config/routes.php
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 
 return function (RoutingConfigurator $routes) {
     $routes->import('../src/Controller/', Kernel::MAJOR_VERSION >= 7 ? 'attribute' : 'annotation');
+    $routes->import('.', 'easyadmin.routes');
 };
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/config/services.php b/tests/TestApplication/config/services.php
index e4de14621f..32715923c2 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/config/services.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/config/services.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator;
 
+use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Router\AdminRouteGenerator;
+use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Router\AdminRouteLoader;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\DataFixtures\AppFixtures;
 
 return static function (ContainerConfigurator $container) {
@@ -20,4 +22,10 @@
         ->tag('controller.service_arguments');
 
     $services->set(AppFixtures::class)->tag('doctrine.fixture.orm');
+
+    $services
+        ->set(AdminRouteLoader::class)
+        ->arg(0, service(AdminRouteGenerator::class))
+        ->tag('routing.loader', ['type' => AdminRouteLoader::ROUTE_LOADER_TYPE])
+    ;
 };
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CategoryCrudController.php b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CategoryCrudController.php
index e9173f9e04..197daba7b5 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CategoryCrudController.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CategoryCrudController.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Controller;
 
+use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Attribute\AdminAction;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Action;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Actions;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\Assets;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ public function configureFilters(Filters $filters): Filters
             ->add('active');
     }
 
+    #[AdminAction(routePath: '/customAction', routeName: 'custom_action')]
     public function customAction(AdminContext $context): Response
     {
         if (!$this->isGranted(Permission::EA_EXECUTE_ACTION, ['action' => AppAction::CUSTOM_ACTION, 'entity' => $context->getEntity()])) {
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CustomHtmlAttributeDashboardController.php b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CustomHtmlAttributeDashboardController.php
index 9b33ed2729..337e90e4fe 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CustomHtmlAttributeDashboardController.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/CustomHtmlAttributeDashboardController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Entity\BlogPost;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Entity\Category;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;
 
 class CustomHtmlAttributeDashboardController extends AbstractDashboardController
 {
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/DashboardController.php b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/DashboardController.php
index aa2eee8c4c..fbd0d66fde 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/DashboardController.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/DashboardController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Entity\BlogPost;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Entity\Category;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;
 
 class DashboardController extends AbstractDashboardController
 {
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/ErrorDashboardController.php b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/ErrorDashboardController.php
index 6b2839b6dc..691e126baa 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/ErrorDashboardController.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/ErrorDashboardController.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Config\MenuItem;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Controller\AbstractDashboardController;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;
 
 class ErrorDashboardController extends AbstractDashboardController
 {
diff --git a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/SecureDashboardController.php b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/SecureDashboardController.php
index 5ecff2c97e..0149cf0d43 100644
--- a/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/SecureDashboardController.php
+++ b/tests/TestApplication/src/Controller/SecureDashboardController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Entity\BlogPost;
 use EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Tests\TestApplication\Entity\Category;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Attribute\Route;
 
 class SecureDashboardController extends AbstractDashboardController
 {