SSL mode refreshes browser excessively

[mightypenguin]

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Versions.

v1.0.0

Repro steps.

ng serve --ssl

The log given by the failure.

Browser console shows "[WDS] Disconnect" and then refreshes 5-12 times after recompiling on code change or refreshing the page manually.

Desired functionality.

Not excessively refreshing the browser

Mention any other details that might be useful.

Issue seems to have been triaged already for another project. Known problem with webpack-dev-server. Can we include the same fix?
facebook/create-react-app#574

[mightypenguin]

This issue was made worse by the absence of the @angular/animations module and import of "BrowserAnimationsModule" needed by Material2 (@angular/material). But after fixing that the problem is still there, if less severe.

[aldo-roman]

I also face the same issue. Also see #2816

We need to test on SSL locally

[filipesilva]

I had a look at the linked issues and the proposed fix has already been merged into the webpack-dev-server version we use.

The problem definitely seems related though, and webpack/webpack-dev-server#592 may provide some hints as to why this is happening.

[davidbilge]

Seems like this has been fixed in webpack 1.15.2 (webpack/webpack-dev-server#604). So it might suffice to bump the dependency?

[brbarnett]

Any update on this? We're authenticating with Azure AD on several apps and that requires SSL locally

[veke]

Im also getting this [wds] disconnect error on chrome with self-signed ssl certs.

[veke]

#4839 Update to Chrome 59 might help.

[mjharper84]

@veke I'm on Chrome 60 and still have this issue when running SSL. I'm relatively new to node and webpack dev server, I did notice the node_modules\webpack-dev-server\ssl folder was empty - should I install a cert here? If so is there a guide somewhere?

I tried pointing ng-serve to a certificate that has a SAN (generated via powershell) but chrome/FF seem to ignore it and use one without a SAN.

The refreshing can vary but sometimes it seems infinite and is very difficult to work with!

Many thanks