React-router v4 this.props.history.push(…) not working

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So I came to this question hoping for an answer but to no avail. I have used

const { history } = this.props;
history.push("/thePath")

In the same project and it worked as expected.
Upon further experimentation and some comparing and contrasting, I realized that this code will not run if it is called within the nested component. Therefore only the rendered page component can call this function for it to work properly.

Find Working Sandbox here

  • history: v4.7.2
  • react: v16.0.0
  • react-dom: v16.0.0
  • react-router-dom:
    v4.2.2

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