have you tried? i havent tried but i think the answer is very likely yes

@joulev Yes thats works but the doc doesnt mention that, so i was thinking if it was a bad practice

in the api folder the separation between pages and api routes isn't so clear anymore, the route resolution is the same way in both places and the only difference is the file name (page.js versus route.js)

so i wouldn't say it's a bad practice; it's working normally

route groups bring minimal benefit but it doesn't bring any drawback either

if you need to separate routes at the same level into different groups, then using route groups to name those groups does make sense