Backdrop stays open after navigate using routerlink from inside mat dialog

What is the expected behavior?

When clicking an element with the routerLink directive, the navigation should close the dialog and make the backdrop disappear

What is the current behavior?

The dialog closes but the backdrop stays open. Doesn’t work even with closeOnNavigation: true or with applying mat-dialog-close to the element that has the routerLink directive

What are the steps to reproduce?

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Have an element with a routerLink directive inside a mat dialog template and click on it to navigate.

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

Angular Core: 7.2.5 Angular Material: 7.3.2

Is there anything else we should know?

[flensrocker]

Any news on this?

My current workaround:

private _dialogRef: MatDialogRef<ModalComponent> = null;

openDialog() {
    this._dialogRef = this._dialog.open(ModalComponent);
    this._dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe(() => this._dialogRef = null);
}

ngOnDestroy() {
    if (this._dialogRef) {
        this._dialogRef.close();
    }
}

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