This is why I dont like using 1/4″ routers – the bits snap easily.
I mostly use my 1/2” shank router, but for small work its too big and heavy so I use a little trim router that take 1/4” shank bits.
Carbide (the material the bits are made from) is brittle and I accidentally knocked the spinning bit as I lifted the router out of the hinge mortising jig.
$30 down the drain.