assets folder not working when using ng serve with --serve-path

[sbaeumlisberger]

Command

serve

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

Angular 16 with webpack

Description

After update to Angular 17 and esbuild + vite assets no longer working when using ng serve with --serve-path option.

Minimal Reproduction

Just but some html file in the assets folder and run ng serve --serve-path /test. Than try to access "http://localhost:4200/test/somefile.html" and it will result in an 404 error. No output is logged.

Exception or Error

The server is configured with a public base URL of /test- did you mean to visit http://localhost:4200/test/@fs/C:%5CUsers%5C****************%5Csrc%5Cassets%5Csomefile.html instead?

Your Environment

Angular CLI: 17.0.3
Node: 18.15.0
Package Manager: npm 9.5.0
OS: win32 x64

Angular: 17.0.4
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... localize, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                         Version
---------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect       0.1700.3
@angular-devkit/build-angular   17.0.3
@angular-devkit/core            17.0.3
@angular-devkit/schematics      17.0.3
@angular/cli                    17.0.3
@schematics/angular             17.0.3
rxjs                            7.8.1
typescript                      5.2.2
zone.js                         0.14.2

Anything else relevant?

No response

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