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From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 02:39:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From d8aaa7542531def6d9c0c0df068626de87c5b44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 03:09:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Use PublishWithContainerFiles and remove esproj
 references

Co-authored-by: IEvangelist <7679720+IEvangelist@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 Aspire.Dev.slnx                             |  4 ----
 src/apphost/Aspire.Dev.AppHost/AppHost.cs   | 11 +++++++----
 src/statichost/StaticHost/StaticHost.csproj | 13 -------------
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Aspire.Dev.slnx b/Aspire.Dev.slnx
index 5aa406d83..686ad0016 100644
--- a/Aspire.Dev.slnx
+++ b/Aspire.Dev.slnx
@@ -10,8 +10,4 @@
     <Project Path="tests/PackageJsonGenerator.Tests/PackageJsonGenerator.Tests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/StaticHost.Tests/StaticHost.Tests.csproj" />
   </Folder>
-  <Project Path="src/frontend/frontend.esproj">
-    <Build />
-    <Deploy />
-  </Project>
 </Solution>
diff --git a/src/apphost/Aspire.Dev.AppHost/AppHost.cs b/src/apphost/Aspire.Dev.AppHost/AppHost.cs
index 10b61e4e2..68aabe170 100644
--- a/src/apphost/Aspire.Dev.AppHost/AppHost.cs
+++ b/src/apphost/Aspire.Dev.AppHost/AppHost.cs
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@
 // For deployment: We want to pick AppService as the environment to publish to.
 builder.AddAzureAppServiceEnvironment("production");
 
+var frontend = builder.AddViteApp("frontend", "../../frontend")
+    .WithPnpm();
+
 var staticHostWebsite = builder.AddProject<Projects.StaticHost>("aspiredev")
     .WithExternalHttpEndpoints();
 
+staticHostWebsite.PublishWithContainerFiles(frontend, "./wwwroot");
+
 builder.AddAzureFrontDoor(staticHostWebsite);
 
 if (builder.ExecutionContext.IsRunMode)
 {
     // For local development: Use ViteApp for hot reload and development experience
-    builder.AddViteApp("frontend", "../../frontend")
-           .WithPnpm()
-           .WithUrlForEndpoint("http", static url => url.DisplayText = "aspire.dev (Local)")
-           .WithExternalHttpEndpoints();
+    frontend.WithUrlForEndpoint("http", static url => url.DisplayText = "aspire.dev (Local)")
+            .WithExternalHttpEndpoints();
 }
 
 builder.Build().Run();
diff --git a/src/statichost/StaticHost/StaticHost.csproj b/src/statichost/StaticHost/StaticHost.csproj
index cbc21955c..844f85781 100644
--- a/src/statichost/StaticHost/StaticHost.csproj
+++ b/src/statichost/StaticHost/StaticHost.csproj
@@ -26,18 +26,5 @@
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="$(AssemblyName).Tests" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!--
-      The frontend ESProj produces wwwroot static assets at build time.
-      PrivateAssets="all" prevents MSBuild from propagating its output (the
-      `dist/` directory, which appears as a directory-shaped metadata
-      reference) to downstream consumers like test projects. Without this,
-      `dotnet build` of any project that transitively references StaticHost
-      fails with `error CS0006: Metadata file '.../frontend/dist' could not
-      be found` unless the frontend has already been built.
-    -->
-    <ProjectReference Include="../../frontend/frontend.esproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <Import Project="Caching.targets" />
 </Project>