JetBrains / JetBrains/aspire-plugin

Debugging JavaScript frontend does not work

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Description

### Describe the need of your request

When launching our full app for local development with our aspire AppHost, we can debug the dotnet projects, but breakpoints in our JavaScript frontend won’t be hit, even though “with JavaScript debugger” is selected in the aspire run configuration.

### Proposed solution

A fronted added with either an esproj or AddNpmApp is debuggable by default with no extra steps, similar to a csproj.

### Alternatives you've considered

Some additional manual steps that get JavaScript debugging working, with documentation.

### Additional context

_No response_

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with a full app local-development AppHost containing an esproj or AddNpmApp, then inspect how the Aspire run configuration handles “with JavaScript debugger” alongside dotnet projects. Done means JavaScript frontend breakpoints are hit by default without extra steps; otherwise document the manual steps that enable debugging.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, javascript
Domain
devtools, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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