diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index c1a2273cd0..6fe4765a7d 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
  */
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
-use FastRoute\Dispatcher;
-use PhpMyAdmin\Message;
-use PhpMyAdmin\Response;
-use function FastRoute\simpleDispatcher;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Routing;
 
 if (! defined('ROOT_PATH')) {
     // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
@@ -15,52 +12,9 @@ if (! defined('ROOT_PATH')) {
     // phpcs:enable
 }
 
-global $containerBuilder, $route;
-
-/** @var string $route */
-$route = $_GET['route'] ?? $_POST['route'] ?? '/';
-
-/**
- * See FAQ 1.34.
- *
- * @see https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/faq.html#faq1-34
- */
-if (($route === '/' || $route === '') && isset($_GET['db']) && mb_strlen($_GET['db']) !== 0) {
-    $route = '/database/structure';
-    if (isset($_GET['table']) && mb_strlen($_GET['table']) !== 0) {
-        $route = '/sql';
-    }
-}
-
-if ($route === '/import-status') {
-    // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
-    define('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON', true);
-    // phpcs:enable
-}
+global $route;
 
 require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/common.inc.php';
 
-$routes = require ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/routes.php';
-$dispatcher = simpleDispatcher($routes);
-$routeInfo = $dispatcher->dispatch(
-    $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'],
-    rawurldecode($route)
-);
-if ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::NOT_FOUND) {
-    /** @var Response $response */
-    $response = $containerBuilder->get(Response::class);
-    $response->setHttpResponseCode(404);
-    Message::error(sprintf(
-        __('Error 404! The page %s was not found.'),
-        '<code>' . $route . '</code>'
-    ))->display();
-} elseif ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED) {
-    /** @var Response $response */
-    $response = $containerBuilder->get(Response::class);
-    $response->setHttpResponseCode(405);
-    Message::error(__('Error 405! Request method not allowed.'))->display();
-} elseif ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::FOUND) {
-    [$controllerName, $action] = $routeInfo[1];
-    $controller = $containerBuilder->get($controllerName);
-    $controller->$action($routeInfo[2]);
-}
+$dispatcher = Routing::getDispatcher();
+Routing::callControllerForRoute($route, $dispatcher);
diff --git a/libraries/cache/.gitignore b/libraries/cache/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a68d087bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/cache/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/*
+!/.gitignore
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Command/CacheWarmupCommand.php b/libraries/classes/Command/CacheWarmupCommand.php
index 87c23f9b6c..a0c0ed32e3 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Command/CacheWarmupCommand.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Command/CacheWarmupCommand.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace PhpMyAdmin\Command;
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Config;
 use PhpMyAdmin\DatabaseInterface;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Routing;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Tests\Stubs\DbiDummy;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Twig\CoreExtension;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Twig\I18nExtension;
@@ -41,13 +42,50 @@ final class CacheWarmupCommand extends Command
     protected function configure(): void
     {
         $this->setDescription('Warms up the Twig templates cache');
+        $this->addOption('twig', null, null, 'Warm up twig templates cache.');
+        $this->addOption('routing', null, null, 'Warm up routing cache.');
         $this->setHelp('The <info>%command.name%</info> command warms up the cache of the Twig templates.');
     }
 
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        if ($input->getOption('twig') === true && $input->getOption('routing') === true) {
+            $output->writeln('Please specify --twig or --routing');
+            return 1;
+        } elseif ($input->getOption('twig') === true) {
+            return $this->warmUpTwigCache($output);
+        } elseif ($input->getOption('routing') === true) {
+            return $this->warmUpRoutingCache($output);
+        } else {
+            $output->writeln('Warming up all caches.', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
+            $twigCode = $this->warmUptwigCache($output);
+            if ($twigCode !== 0) {
+                $output->writeln('Twig cache generation had an error.');
+                return $twigCode;
+            }
+            $routingCode = $this->warmUpTwigCache($output);
+            if ($routingCode !== 0) {
+                $output->writeln('Routing cache generation had an error.');
+                return $twigCode;
+            }
+            $output->writeln('Warm up of all caches done.', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function warmUpRoutingCache(OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        $output->writeln('Warming up the routing cache', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
+        Routing::getDispatcher();
+        $output->writeln('Warm up done.', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    private function warmUpTwigCache(OutputInterface $output): int
     {
         global $cfg, $PMA_Config, $dbi;
 
+        $output->writeln('Warming up the twig cache', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
         $cfg['environment'] = 'production';
         $PMA_Config = new Config(CONFIG_FILE);
         $PMA_Config->set('environment', $cfg['environment']);
@@ -77,12 +115,15 @@ final class CacheWarmupCommand extends Command
         /** @var CacheInterface $twigCache */
         $twigCache = $twig->getCache(false);
 
+        $output->writeln('Searching for files...', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE);
+
         $replacements = [];
         $templates = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
             new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($tplDir),
             RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
         );
 
+        $output->writeln('Warming templates', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE);
         foreach ($templates as $file) {
             // Skip test files
             if (strpos($file->getPathname(), '/test/') !== false) {
@@ -91,6 +132,7 @@ final class CacheWarmupCommand extends Command
             // force compilation
             if ($file->isFile() && $file->getExtension() === 'twig') {
                 $name = str_replace($tplDir . '/', '', $file->getPathname());
+                $output->writeln('Loading: ' . $name, OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_DEBUG);
                 $template = $twig->loadTemplate($name);
 
                 // Generate line map
@@ -101,6 +143,7 @@ final class CacheWarmupCommand extends Command
             }
         }
 
+        $output->writeln('Writing replacements...', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERY_VERBOSE);
         // Store replacements in JSON
         $handle = fopen($tmpDir . '/replace.json', 'w');
         if ($handle === false) {
@@ -109,6 +152,7 @@ final class CacheWarmupCommand extends Command
 
         fwrite($handle, (string) json_encode($replacements));
         fclose($handle);
+        $output->writeln('Warm up done.', OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
 
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Display/ImportAjax.php b/libraries/classes/Display/ImportAjax.php
index 476c98226d..002f84d749 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Display/ImportAjax.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Display/ImportAjax.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ImportAjax
          * list of available plugins
          */
         $plugins = [
-            // PHP 5.4 session-based upload progress is problematic, see bug 3964
+            // in PHP 5.4 session-based upload progress was problematic, see closed bug 3964
             //"session",
             'progress',
             'apc',
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Routing.php b/libraries/classes/Routing.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdf158bb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/classes/Routing.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Message;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Response;
+use FastRoute\Dispatcher;
+use function FastRoute\cachedDispatcher;
+use function mb_strlen;
+use function rawurldecode;
+
+/**
+ * Class used to warm up the routing cache and manage routing.
+ */
+class Routing
+{
+    public static function getDispatcher(): Dispatcher
+    {
+        global $cfg;
+
+        $routes = require ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/routes.php';
+        return cachedDispatcher($routes, [
+            'cacheFile' => CACHE_DIR . 'routes.cache',
+            'cacheDisabled' => ($cfg['environment'] ?? '') === 'development',
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public static function getCurrentRoute(): string
+    {
+        /** @var string $route */
+        $route = $_GET['route'] ?? $_POST['route'] ?? '/';
+
+        /**
+         * See FAQ 1.34.
+         *
+         * @see https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/faq.html#faq1-34
+         */
+        if (($route === '/' || $route === '') && isset($_GET['db']) && mb_strlen($_GET['db']) !== 0) {
+            $route = '/database/structure';
+            if (isset($_GET['table']) && mb_strlen($_GET['table']) !== 0) {
+                $route = '/sql';
+            }
+        }
+        return $route;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Call associated controller for a route using the dispatcher
+     * @param string     $route      The current route
+     * @param Dispatcher $dispatcher The dispatcher
+     */
+    public static function callControllerForRoute(string $route, Dispatcher $dispatcher): void
+    {
+        global $containerBuilder;
+        $routeInfo = $dispatcher->dispatch(
+            $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'],
+            rawurldecode($route)
+        );
+        if ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::NOT_FOUND) {
+            /** @var Response $response */
+            $response = $containerBuilder->get(Response::class);
+            $response->setHttpResponseCode(404);
+            Message::error(sprintf(
+                __('Error 404! The page %s was not found.'),
+                '<code>' . $route . '</code>'
+            ))->display();
+        } elseif ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED) {
+            /** @var Response $response */
+            $response = $containerBuilder->get(Response::class);
+            $response->setHttpResponseCode(405);
+            Message::error(__('Error 405! Request method not allowed.'))->display();
+        } elseif ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::FOUND) {
+            [$controllerName, $action] = $routeInfo[1];
+            $controller = $containerBuilder->get($controllerName);
+            $controller->$action($routeInfo[2]);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/common.inc.php b/libraries/common.inc.php
index 1117f6d1f2..6af5caa56f 100644
--- a/libraries/common.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/common.inc.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Message;
 use PhpMyAdmin\MoTranslator\Loader;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\AuthenticationPlugin;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Response;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Routing;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Sanitize;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Session;
 use PhpMyAdmin\SqlParser\Lexer;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Config\FileLocator;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\PhpFileLoader;
 
-global $containerBuilder, $error_handler, $PMA_Config, $server, $dbi, $lang, $cfg, $isConfigLoading, $auth_plugin;
+global $containerBuilder, $error_handler, $PMA_Config, $server, $dbi, $lang, $cfg, $isConfigLoading, $auth_plugin, $route;
 
 /**
  * block attempts to directly run this script
@@ -95,6 +96,14 @@ if (! @is_readable(AUTOLOAD_FILE)) {
 }
 require_once AUTOLOAD_FILE;
 
+$route = Routing::getCurrentRoute();
+
+if ($route === '/import-status') {
+    // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
+    define('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON', true);
+    // phpcs:enable
+}
+
 $containerBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
 $loader = new PhpFileLoader($containerBuilder, new FileLocator(__DIR__));
 $loader->load('services_loader.php');
diff --git a/libraries/vendor_config.php b/libraries/vendor_config.php
index 674fedc778..9cae9f1ebe 100644
--- a/libraries/vendor_config.php
+++ b/libraries/vendor_config.php
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ define('LOCALE_PATH', ROOT_PATH . 'locale/');
  * is used)
  */
 define('K_PATH_IMAGES', ROOT_PATH);
+
+/**
+ * Define the cache directory for routing cache an other cache files
+ */
+define('CACHE_DIR', ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/cache/');
diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index 5be43db5ff..a3f2a10055 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     <arg name="extensions" value="php"/>
 
     <exclude-pattern>*/node_modules/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/libraries/cache/*</exclude-pattern>
     <exclude-pattern>*/test/sami-config.php</exclude-pattern>
     <exclude-pattern>*.twig</exclude-pattern>
     <exclude-pattern>*/twig-templates/*</exclude-pattern>
diff --git a/phpstan.neon.dist b/phpstan.neon.dist
index 544bb6390b..490d8874a5 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon.dist
+++ b/phpstan.neon.dist
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ parameters:
     excludes_analyse:
         - examples/openid.php
         - node_modules/*
+        - libraries/cache/*
         - test/sami-config.php
         - tmp/*
         - twig-templates/*
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 1b95f0ee71..db35e32a38 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
             <exclude>
                 <directory>examples</directory>
                 <directory>node_modules</directory>
+                <directory>libraries/cache</directory>
                 <directory>test</directory>
                 <directory>tmp</directory>
                 <directory>vendor</directory>
diff --git a/scripts/console b/scripts/console
index 678b7aac2d..cfdd9b80e4 100755
--- a/scripts/console
+++ b/scripts/console
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ define('PHPMYADMIN', true);
 require_once ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/vendor_config.php';
 require_once AUTOLOAD_FILE;
 
+if (! class_exists(Application::class)) {
+    echo 'Be sure to have dev-dependencies installed.' . PHP_EOL;
+    echo 'Command aborted.' . PHP_EOL;
+    exit(1);
+}
+
 $application = new Application('phpMyAdmin Console Tool');
 
 $application->add(new AdvisoryRulesCommand());
diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index a053322da8..5b2e17e8ac 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
                     exit 1
                 fi
             elif [ -z "$branch" ] ; then
-                branch=`echo $1 | tr -d -c '0-9A-Za-z_-'`
+                branch=`echo $1 | tr -d -c '/0-9A-Za-z_-'`
                 if [ "x$branch" != "x$1" ] ; then
                     echo "Invalid branch: $1"
                     exit 1
@@ -218,11 +218,8 @@ echo "* Removing unneeded files"
 # Remove developer information
 rm -rf .github
 
-# Remove phpcs coding standard definition
-rm -rf PMAStandard
-
 # Testsuite setup
-rm -f .travis.yml .coveralls.yml .scrutinizer.yml .jshintrc .weblate codecov.yml
+rm -f .travis.yml .scrutinizer.yml .jshintrc .weblate codecov.yml
 
 # Remove readme for github
 rm -f README.rst
@@ -243,7 +240,7 @@ if [ ! -d libraries/tcpdf ] ; then
     cp composer.json composer.json.backup
     echo "* Running composer"
     composer config platform.php "$PHP_REQ"
-    composer update --no-dev
+    composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
 
     # Parse the required versions from composer.json
     PACKAGES_VERSIONS=''
@@ -256,7 +253,7 @@ if [ ! -d libraries/tcpdf ] ; then
     do
         PACKAGES_VERSIONS="$PACKAGES_VERSIONS $PACKAGES:`awk "/require-dev/ {printline = 1; print; next } printline" composer.json | grep "$PACKAGES" | awk -F [\\"] '{print $4}'`"
     done
-    composer require --update-no-dev $PACKAGES_VERSIONS
+    composer require --optimize-autoloader --update-no-dev $PACKAGES_VERSIONS
 
     mv composer.json.backup composer.json
     echo "* Cleanup of composer packages"
@@ -304,6 +301,11 @@ fi
 # Remove Bootstrap theme
 rm -rf themes/bootstrap
 
+composer update
+# Warm up the routing cache
+./scripts/console cache:warmup --routing
+composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+
 # Remove git metadata
 rm .git
 find . -name .gitignore -print0 | xargs -0 -r rm -f
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ if [ $do_test -eq 1 ] ; then
     rm -f .phpunit.result.cache
     # Remove libs installed for testing
     rm -rf build
-    composer update --no-dev
+    composer update --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
 fi
 
 
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ for kit in $KITS ; do
         # Testsuite
         rm -rf test/
         rm phpunit.xml.* build.xml
-        rm -f .editorconfig .eslintignore .eslintrc.json .stylelintrc.json phpstan.neon.dist phpcs.xml.dist
+        rm -f .editorconfig .eslintignore .jshintrc .eslintrc.json .stylelintrc.json phpstan.neon.dist phpstan-baseline.neon phpcs.xml.dist
         # Gettext po files
         rm -rf po/
         # Documentation source code
diff --git a/scripts/update-po b/scripts/update-po
index 411c30066a..1f8083385d 100755
--- a/scripts/update-po
+++ b/scripts/update-po
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -e
 
 # Generate Twig template cache in clean dir
 rm -rf twig-templates/
-php scripts/console cache:warmup
+php scripts/console cache:warmup --twig
 
 # Update pot (template), ensure that advisor is at the end
 LOCS=`ls po/*.po | sed 's@.*/\(.*\)\.po@\1@'`
diff --git a/test/classes/RoutingTest.php b/test/classes/RoutingTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6860141e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/classes/RoutingTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Routing;
+use FastRoute\Dispatcher;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Controllers\HomeController;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for PhpMyAdmin\Routing
+ */
+class RoutingTest extends PmaTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getDispatcher
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetDispatcher(): void
+    {
+        $dispatcher = Routing::getDispatcher();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Dispatcher::class, $dispatcher);
+        $this->assertSame([
+            Dispatcher::FOUND,
+            [
+                HomeController::class,
+                'index',
+            ],
+            [],
+        ], $dispatcher->dispatch('GET', '/'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getCurrentRoute
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetCurrentRouteNoParams(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('/', Routing::getCurrentRoute());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getCurrentRoute
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetCurrentRouteGet(): void
+    {
+        $_GET['route'] = '/test';
+        $this->assertSame('/test', Routing::getCurrentRoute());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getCurrentRoute
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetCurrentRoutePost(): void
+    {
+        $_POST['route'] = '/testpost';
+        $this->assertSame('/testpost', Routing::getCurrentRoute());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getCurrentRoute
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetCurrentRouteGetIsOverPost(): void
+    {
+        $_GET['route'] = '/testget';
+        $_POST['route'] = '/testpost';
+        $this->assertSame('/testget', Routing::getCurrentRoute());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getCurrentRoute
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetCurrentRouteRedirectDbStructure(): void
+    {
+        $_GET['db'] = 'testDB';
+        $this->assertSame('/database/structure', Routing::getCurrentRoute());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for Routing::getCurrentRoute
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetCurrentRouteRedirectSql(): void
+    {
+        $_GET['db'] = 'testDB';
+        $_GET['table'] = 'tableTest';
+        $this->assertSame('/sql', Routing::getCurrentRoute());
+    }
+}