Stop injecting "_framework/aspnetcore-browser-refresh.js" into the body of every generated web page of an asp.net core app.

[vsfeedback]

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[severity:Other]
Please stop injecting this

<script src="/_framework/aspnetcore-browser-refresh.js"></script>

into every one of the generated web pages while I am developing an asp.net core application.

And yes, I've disabled all the Hot Reload features I know of.

Thank you, Paul.

And no, I am not providing any more information. This product has cost over 2000.00 in terms of man hours to battle configuration issues that seem to rear their ugly head on every update.

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Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 5/9/2024, 03:38 AM:

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Original Solutions

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[mkArtakMSFT]

@MackinnonBuck do you remember what is the condition we use to inject the script? How one can disable it?

[daiplusplus]

BTW, see also: #45213

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I'm trying to disable this "feature" because I need precise control over the generated HTML, so any unexpected injected HTML is a big no-no.

So there's at least three different places where you need to go...

• Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > ASP.NET Core > Auto build and refresh option.
  • Ensure the selected option is not "Refresh browser after build" or "Auto build and refresh browser after build"
• Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > ASP.NET Core > CSS Hot Reload
  • Ensure this is set to Disabled
• Standard Toolbar > Browser Link split-button menu > Enable Browser Link and Enable CSS Hot Reload
  • Ensure both options are unchecked, apparently Browser Link has a dependency on the reload script too.

...though in my case, the "Enable CSS Hot Reload" checkbox is checked and disabled... which means it's stuck on (and so causing the script to be injected into all of my pages), which is worsening my blood pressure problems...

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Update:

There is official advice to set "hotReloadEnabled": false in launchSettings.json, but historically many people have said it didn't work - I had the same problem too, but I noticed that I copied-and-pasted the wrong kinds of double-quotes...

So this is just to help anyone else who runs into the same problem: