<table class="mytable">
        <tbody>
          <tr ng-repeat-start="i in [1,2,3,4,5]">
            <td>
              {{ i }}
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr ng-repeat-end>
            <td>end</td> <!-- Works fine with just this -->
            <table-detail></table-detail> <!-- Does not work fine with just this -->
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>


directive:

respectApp.directive('tableDetail', function() {
  return {
    restrict: 'E',
    template: '<td>999</td>',
  };
});