1.1.2 outputs .json file instead of .js file

[turnerhayes]

It appears that something between 1.1.0 and 1.1.2 has changed the output from a .js file to a .json file. This is what appears in the htmlWebpackPlugin variable in each version:

1.1.0:

{
"files": {
	"publicPath": "/static/",
	"chunks": {
		"webpackManifest": {
			"size": 0,
			"entry": "/static/js/webpackManifest-d41d8cd98f00b204e980.js",
			"hash": "d41d8cd98f00b204e980",
			"css": []
		},
		"vendor": {
			"size": 2626754,
			"entry": "/static/js/vendor-392d99b5276c8459890d.js",
			"hash": "392d99b5276c8459890d",
			"css": [
				"/static/css/vendor-92e4a31a26173772f8ef.css"
			]
		},
		"main": {
			"size": 147201,
			"entry": "/static/js/main-819a8466ef5c6c51cd36.js",
			"hash": "819a8466ef5c6c51cd36",
			"css": [
				"/static/css/main-92e4a31a26173772f8ef.css"
			]
		}
	},
	"js": [
		"/static/js/webpackManifest-d41d8cd98f00b204e980.js",
		"/static/js/vendor-392d99b5276c8459890d.js",
		"/static/js/main-819a8466ef5c6c51cd36.js"
	],
	"css": [
		"/static/css/vendor-92e4a31a26173772f8ef.css",
		"/static/css/main-92e4a31a26173772f8ef.css"
	],
	"webpackManifest": ""
},
"options": {
	"template": "/projects/websites/quintro/node_modules/html-webpack-plugin/lib/loader.js!/projects/websites/quintro/server/views/index.template.ejs",
	"filename": "../server/views/index.hbs",
	"hash": false,
	"inject": false,
	"compile": true,
	"favicon": false,
	"minify": {
		"collapseBooleanAttributes": true,
		"collapseWhitespace": true
	},
	"cache": true,
	"showErrors": true,
	"chunks": "all",
	"excludeChunks": [],
	"title": "Quintro",
	"xhtml": false,
	"alwaysWriteToDisk": true,
	"staticContentURL": "https://localhost:7200"
}
}

1.1.2:

{
"files": {
	"publicPath": "/static/",
	"chunks": {
		"webpackManifest": {
			"size": 0,
			"entry": "/static/webpackManifest.json",
			"hash": "d41d8cd98f00b204e980",
			"css": []
		},
		"vendor": {
			"size": 2626754,
			"entry": "/static/js/vendor-392d99b5276c8459890d.js",
			"hash": "392d99b5276c8459890d",
			"css": [
				"/static/css/vendor-6946c2dfdd053e5b7448.css"
			]
		},
		"main": {
			"size": 147201,
			"entry": "/static/js/main-819a8466ef5c6c51cd36.js",
			"hash": "819a8466ef5c6c51cd36",
			"css": [
				"/static/css/main-6946c2dfdd053e5b7448.css"
			]
		}
	},
	"js": [
		"/static/webpackManifest.json",
		"/static/js/vendor-392d99b5276c8459890d.js",
		"/static/js/main-819a8466ef5c6c51cd36.js"
	],
	"css": [
		"/static/css/vendor-6946c2dfdd053e5b7448.css",
		"/static/css/main-6946c2dfdd053e5b7448.css"
	],
	"webpackManifest": ""
},
"options": {
	"template": "/projects/websites/quintro/node_modules/html-webpack-plugin/lib/loader.js!/projects/websites/quintro/server/views/index.template.ejs",
	"filename": "../server/views/index.hbs",
	"hash": false,
	"inject": false,
	"compile": true,
	"favicon": false,
	"minify": {
		"collapseBooleanAttributes": true,
		"collapseWhitespace": true
	},
	"cache": true,
	"showErrors": true,
	"chunks": "all",
	"excludeChunks": [],
	"title": "Quintro",
	"xhtml": false,
	"alwaysWriteToDisk": true,
	"staticContentURL": "https://localhost:7200"
}
}

Since I have a custom template for HTMLWebpackPlugin that iterates over the js files, this throws an error because it's trying to load a JSON file as a <script src> rather than a .js file.

[MatTheCat]

I guess it comes from 1.1.0...1.1.1#diff-85d664d316c6e5648ad0e423981ca864R42

[MildC]

it also includes the json file on the page even inlineManifest set to false

[patroza]

Same problem here.

[leebenson]

Author of https://reactql.org here - same thing is happening in my kit.

Snippet of 1.1.0 (Webpack 2):

<script type="text/javascript" src="/manifest.d41d8cd98f00b204e980.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/vendor.27df1bed7aa4091f008c.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/browser.3f9afcf85183d7fd6943.js"></script></body>
</html>

Now with 1.1.2 (Webpack 3):

<script type="text/javascript" src="/../chunk-manifest.json"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/vendor.a757c8101d8f95913969.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/browser.3bf79d2a482fc7de3464.js"></script></body>

In the browser:

[MatTheCat]

@diurnalist ? @TuckerCowie ? Someone? It's been 23 days this plugin no longer work. You could close this issue, #48, #49 and #50 in one row!

[sigerello]

Yes, it's broken after #29.

[leebenson]

Is there any motivation to fix this plugin? If #29 introduced the bug, any plans to roll it back?

This one issue renders this plugin defunct.

[Fireworks]

I don't understand the purpose of that patch, but maybe I'm missing something. Regardless, this also broke our app as well. Will lock version for now, but seems like a rollback is needed.