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Manifest Error when Exporting default CRA template

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🐛 Bug
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Description

🐛 bug report

Description of the problem

Because there is no manifest.json file in the default create-react-app template (related to #1532), exporting and running yarn start gives the Manifest: Line: 1, column: 1, Unexpected token. error because HTML is getting served instead of JSON.

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How has this issue affected you? What are you trying to accomplish?

Export + yarn start default CRA template without browser console errors.

Link to sandbox:

https://codesandbox.io/s/new

Your Environment
Software Name/Version
Сodesandbox PROD-1559409667-1cce2689
Browser Chrome stable
Operating System macOS 10.14.5

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Research direction

Reproduce the problem by exporting the default create-react-app template from the linked CodeSandbox and running yarn start. Trace how the exported template serves or handles the missing manifest.json; done means the default template starts without the reported browser console error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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