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Live Reloading stop working if main file throws exception

See original GitHub issue

STR:

install webpack, webpack-cli, webpack-dev-server
create src/index.js with content foo;
run webpack serve --mode development

ER: Live reload should work even if main entry point has an error AR: Exception, stop execution and don’t reach code which setup live reload connection

Sample project: project.zip

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Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:6 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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alexander-akaitcommented, Apr 26, 2021

Yep, works fine with "webpack-dev-server": "^4.0.0-beta.2", stable release will be soon

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alexander-akaitcommented, Jul 27, 2021

Let’s close, rc out, stable will be on the next week

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