[AzureTools][Aspire] The state of the Console App (.NET Framework) project in the dashboard is inconsistent between F5 and CTRL+F5

[v-mengwe]

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REPRO STEPS:

1. Create a new Console App (.NET Framework) App -> Add code Console.WriteLine("hello world"); into Program.cs file -> Add -> .NET Aspire Orchestrator Support -> OK.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ConsoleApp4
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hello world");
        }
    }
}

2. F5/run dotnet run in the AppHost.project folder.
3. CTRL+F5/run dotnet watch in the AppHost.project folder.

Expect: The state of the project in the dashboard is consistent.

Actual: The state of the project in the dashboard is inconsistent.

More Info:

1. This issue doesn't reproduce for Console App C# project
2. The state of the project in the dashboard always is "Running" after adding code Console.ReadKey(); into Program.cs file.

[mitchdenny]

Good catch. The Finished/Running is really just based on whether the process launched is running or not. In the case of dotnet watch the process is still running. If you edit one of the source files it should rebuild and run.

[davidfowl]

This is by design. As @mitchdenny said, the process when you dotnet watch becomes dotnet watch itself. This will be fixed when we get first class integration with watch https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/36971.