Local workbench (gulp serve) looks completely broken in 1.21

[nbelyh]

I cannot debug anything in 1.21👀
The gulp serve just doesn't seem to work.

Steps to reproduce is to follow the "getting started" manual (use node 22):

> npm install gulp-cli yo @microsoft/generator-sharepoint --global
> yo @microsoft/sharepoint
... select "WebPart, name=antyhing, webpart name=HelloWorld (default), language=React
> gulp serve

Build succeeds, but serve does not work (manifest.js is generated, though, as /temp/build/manifest.js)

You get this in the browser log:

This is the console:

Looks like gulp serve does not serve manifest.js file for the local workbench in 1.21

Am I doing something wrong? Is it for everyone or just me?

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NOTE: If you follow the same steps with NODE 18 and SPFx 1.20, everything works.

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After investigating a bit:
If you copy the generated manifest.js file manually from /temp/build/manifest.js to /temp/manifest.js, then it starts working 😕

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[nbelyh]

Wrong repository. Duplicate of SharePoint/sp-dev-docs#10053

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