Css minification fails on VS 2022

[BootprojectStore]

Installed product versions

• Windows 11
• Visual Studio 2022 Professional
• Web Compiler 2022

Description

Minification fails
.icon:before { content: ""; }

Steps to recreate

1. Create a new web project in VS 2022
2. Add a test.scss file
3. Write in scss file: .icon:before { content: "\ea02"; }

Current behavior

The unminified .css file is correct.

 .icon:before {
     content: "\ea02"; 
  }

The minified css file produces
.icon:before{ content:""; }

Expected behavior

.icon:before{content"\ea02";}

I tested the same code with several online tools like: https://www.sassmeister.com/ , to prove that my sass is correct.
I also tested to minify the code provided at for eg: https://www.toptal.com/developers/cssminifier/
The result is as expected and correct.

Any idea what causes this?

[BootprojectStore]

First!!I I must say thanks to Mads, for his dedication and creation of all the numerous of extensions you made by the years. :-)

So, I'm just trying to find the solution to my problem.

I inverstigated the code this weekend.
I do suspect that the conversion when creating the file as UTF-8 is the bad boy here.

I also made a project where I minified css files and produced the css files as [filename].min.css.gz (.NET6 generation Gzip)
All of the generated files generated correct minification.
The code i used is my ThemeBuilder

"Please let me know if there's something I can do."

[figloalds]

Go to %temp%
Rename WebCompiler1.12.5 to WebCompiler1.12.5.old
and rename the previous version you had on VS2019 to WebCompiler1.12.5
See if that works

[jishansiddique]

I'm also facing the same issue in the Visual studio 2022 community version.
Can anyone suggest/help how to solve the issue?