Blazor Web App projects show Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Internal.Assets in NuGet without explicit package reference
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Description
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### Describe the bug
After upgrading to Visual Studio 2026 v**18.2.0** (and consequently **.NET 10.0.2**), both new and existing Blazor Web App projects show a NuGet package named `Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Internal.Assets`:
This package appears in the NuGet package list even though there is no explicit package reference to it in the project’s .csproj file. It cannot be removed manually, but project builds and runs correctly.
### Expected Behavior
Only explicitly referenced packages (or clearly documented implicit framework references) should appear in the NuGet package list.
### .NET Version
10.0.102
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