Transition Abort

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

controllers.my-route.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  queryParams: ['bool'],
  bool: true,
  
  actions: {
    toggleQP() {
     	this.set('bool', !this.get('bool'));
    },
    
    gotoApplication() {
      this.transitionToRoute('application');
    }
  }
});

router.js

import EmberRouter from '@ember/routing/router';
import config from './config/environment';

const Router = EmberRouter.extend({
  location: 'none',
  rootURL: config.rootURL
});

Router.map(function() {
  this.route('my-route');
});

export default Router;

routes.my-route.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  queryParams: {
    bool: {
      refreshModel: true
    }
  },
  actions: {
    willTransition(transition) {
      transition.abort();
    }
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{link-to "go-to-my-route" "my-route"}}
<hr>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

templates.my-route.hbs

my-route
<hr>
<button {{action "toggleQP"}}> toggle qp </button> => throws maximum call stack due to url change.
<hr>

<button {{action "gotoApplication"}}> go to application route by transition</button> => No maximum call stack exception.

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.15.0",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js",
    "ember": "3.2.2",
    "ember-template-compiler": "3.2.2",
    "ember-testing": "3.2.2"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "3.2.0"
  }
}