Why does running web application in Chrome through Visual Studio freezes Visual Studio

Issue

I have a web application project that I'm running in Visual Studio 2017. The project uses Web API, AngularJS, and Typescript. When I click to debug the application and IIS Express starts up, VS opens Chrome, but the default page doesn't load. Worse, Visual Studio freezes.

I've found that a workaround whereby I reload the default page in Chrome to make the default page appear and to unfreeze VS.

What can I do so that VS doesn't freeze and the default page loads when I open the application in Chrome? The only potential solution I could find was to disable Javascript debugging in Chrome, but I need that.

Note: I have a different problem when I use Internet Explorer.

Solution

The slightly unfortunate answer is that lots of people are having a problem when debugging against Chrome with JavaScript debugging enabled.

There are two solutions, neither of which are perfect.

1. De-select the "Enable JavaScript debugging for asp.net (Chrome and IE)" option in Visual Studio settings

2. Manually enter the address (or refresh it as you have been).

Follow the issue tracker here.

Answered By - Fenton