Props are not passed with React.cloneElement in the render() method

Question

I have two react components, a Layout class and a HomePage class:

HomePage is a component which needs to have a products prop.

HomePage.js

import React, { Component } from 'react';

export class HomePage extends Component {
    render() {
        if (!this.props.products) {
            return (<div>Products not loaded yet</div>);
        }
        return (<div>Products loaded!</div>);
    }
}

Layout is a component that displays children coming from routes established with react-router. This class is in charge to pass the products prop to children using React.cloneElement

Layout.js

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { NavMenu } from './NavMenu';
import { Footer } from './Footer';

export class Layout extends Component {    
    constructor(props) {
      super(props);
      this.state = {
          products: null,
          loading: true
      };
    }    

    // Make an api call when the component is mounted in order to pass
    // additional props to the children
    componentDidMount() {
      this.populateProductsData();
    }

    async populateProductsData() {
      const response = await fetch('api/products/all');
      const data = await response.json();
      this.setState({ products: data, loading: false });    
    }

    render() {
        if (this.state.loading) {
            return (<div>App loading</div>);
        }

        const childrenWithProps = React.Children.map(this.props.children, child => {
            const props = { products: this.state.products };
            if (React.isValidElement(child)) {
                return React.cloneElement(child, props);
            }
            return child;
        });

        return (
          <div>
                <NavMenu />
                {childrenWithProps}
                <Footer />
          </div>
        );
    }
}

The routing is made in an App component:

App.js

export default class App extends Component {
  render () {
    return (
        <Layout>
            <Route exact path='/'
                component={HomePage}/>
        </Layout>
    );
  }

Hence, I am expecting to

1. Have a page with the App loading message while the API call hasn't been made
2. Have a page with the Products not loaded yet message while the prop hasn't been passed to the Layout children
3. Have a page with the Products loaded! message

However, the application is stuck at step two: the products prop is never received by the children components. The code compiles, there are no runtime errors, and the back-end Api is triggered and sends a valid response.

Why the product props will never be available in the render() method of the child HomePage component?

---

EDIT:

Following @Nikita Chayka's answer, the props should be passed at routing:

Layout.js

export class Layout extends Component {    
    render() {
        return (
          <div>
                <NavMenu />
                {this.props.children}
                <Footer />
          </div>
        );
  }
}

App.js

export default class App extends Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            products: null,
            loading: true
        };
    }    

    componentDidMount() {
        this.populateProductsData();
    }

    async populateProductsData() {
        const response = await fetch('/api/products/all');
        const data = await response.json();
        this.setState({ products: data, loading: false });    
    }

    render() {
        if (this.state.loading)
            return (<div>App loading</div>);

        return (
        <Layout>
            <Route exact path='/'
                render={(props) => (<HomePage {...props} products={this.state.products}/>)}/>
        </Layout>
    );
  }
}

Answer 1

Your Layout component will pass products prop to Route component, not Home component, basically you will have

<Route products={} component={Home} path="/" exact/>

But you need to pass it down to Home, you could check for ideas here - https://ui.dev/react-router-v4-pass-props-to-components/

EDIT

You should not provide component property to Route, only render.