diff --git a/render_test.go b/render_test.go
index 32051d5..d65b1c1 100644
--- a/render_test.go
+++ b/render_test.go
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ func (*unhandledNode) isNode() {}
 
 // nodeSwitchSkips is the kinds a switch is never handed: its callers step past them first.
 var nodeSwitchSkips = map[string][]string{
+	"childNamed":  {"choice", "table", "tableRow"},
 	"columnItems": {"folder", "table", "tableRow"},
 	"prove":       {"folder"},
 	"render":      {"folder"},
-	"childNamed":  {"choice", "table", "tableRow"},
+	"routeSteps":  {"choice", "folder", "nullItem", "template"},
 }
 
 func TestNodeSwitchesHandleEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
@@ -88,16 +89,7 @@ func TestNodeSwitchesHandleEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		samples[reflect.TypeOf(n).Elem().Name()] = n
 	}
-	var kinds []string
-	_, files := sourceFiles(t)
-	for _, file := range files {
-		for _, decl := range file.Decls {
-			if d, isFunc := decl.(*ast.FuncDecl); isFunc && d.Name.Name == "isNode" {
-				kinds = append(kinds, receiverType(d.Recv))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	slices.Sort(kinds)
+	kinds := nodeKinds(t)
 	sampled := make([]string, 0, len(samples))
 	for kind := range samples {
 		sampled = append(sampled, kind)
@@ -106,7 +98,8 @@ func TestNodeSwitchesHandleEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
 	if !slices.Equal(kinds, sampled) {
 		t.Fatalf("node kinds %v, samples %v; give every kind a sample here", kinds, sampled)
 	}
-	for name, call := range map[string]func(node){
+	switches := map[string]func(node){
+		"childNamed":  func(n node) { _, _ = childNamed(n, "x") },
 		"columnItems": func(n node) { columnItems(n) },
 		"contained":   func(n node) { contained(n) },
 		"paths":       func(n node) { paths(n, false) },
@@ -116,8 +109,18 @@ func TestNodeSwitchesHandleEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
 			render(engine(1).drawState, n, renderEnv{frames: &frames, row: renderedRow{tbl, 0}})
 		},
 		"renderEdges": func(n node) { renderEdges(n) },
-		"childNamed":  func(n node) { _, _ = childNamed(n, "x") },
-	} {
+		"routeSteps":  func(n node) { _, _ = routeSteps(nil, nil, tbl, tableRoute{next: n}, 0) },
+	}
+	found := exhaustiveNodeSwitches(t, kinds)
+	listed := make([]string, 0, len(switches))
+	for name := range switches {
+		listed = append(listed, name)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(listed)
+	if !slices.Equal(found, listed) {
+		t.Fatalf("the functions switching over node kinds with a panicking default are %v, this test calls %v; call each here", found, listed)
+	}
+	for name, call := range switches {
 		mustPanic(t, name+" on an unhandled node", func() { call(&unhandledNode{}) })
 		for _, kind := range kinds {
 			if slices.Contains(nodeSwitchSkips[name], kind) {
@@ -141,3 +144,73 @@ func TestNodeSwitchesHandleEveryKind(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func nodeKinds(t *testing.T) []string {
+	t.Helper()
+	var kinds []string
+	_, files := sourceFiles(t)
+	for _, file := range files {
+		for _, decl := range file.Decls {
+			if d, isFunc := decl.(*ast.FuncDecl); isFunc && d.Name.Name == "isNode" {
+				kinds = append(kinds, receiverType(d.Recv))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	slices.Sort(kinds)
+	return kinds
+}
+
+// exhaustiveNodeSwitches names each function holding a type switch that has a case for a
+// node kind and a default that panics.
+func exhaustiveNodeSwitches(t *testing.T, kinds []string) []string {
+	t.Helper()
+	var names []string
+	_, files := sourceFiles(t)
+	for _, file := range files {
+		for _, decl := range file.Decls {
+			d, isFunc := decl.(*ast.FuncDecl)
+			if !isFunc || d.Body == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			ast.Inspect(d.Body, func(n ast.Node) bool {
+				if sw, isTypeSwitch := n.(*ast.TypeSwitchStmt); isTypeSwitch && switchesOverNode(sw, kinds) {
+					names = append(names, d.Name.Name)
+				}
+				return true
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	slices.Sort(names)
+	return slices.Compact(names)
+}
+
+func switchesOverNode(sw *ast.TypeSwitchStmt, kinds []string) bool {
+	casesNode, panics := false, false
+	for _, stmt := range sw.Body.List {
+		clause := stmt.(*ast.CaseClause)
+		if clause.List == nil {
+			panics = slices.ContainsFunc(clause.Body, isPanic)
+		}
+		for _, e := range clause.List {
+			if star, isPointer := e.(*ast.StarExpr); isPointer {
+				if id, isIdent := star.X.(*ast.Ident); isIdent && slices.Contains(kinds, id.Name) {
+					casesNode = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return casesNode && panics
+}
+
+func isPanic(stmt ast.Stmt) bool {
+	expr, isExpr := stmt.(*ast.ExprStmt)
+	if !isExpr {
+		return false
+	}
+	call, isCall := expr.X.(*ast.CallExpr)
+	if !isCall {
+		return false
+	}
+	id, isIdent := call.Fun.(*ast.Ident)
+	return isIdent && id.Name == "panic"
+}