Outlook Generator Office TaskPane Not showing

[MartinDawson]

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Expected behavior

TaskPane contoso app is visible and can be loaded in.

Current behavior

You can see it that it looks like npm start is working but the add-in for contoso is not showing in the taskpane.

Steps to Reproduce

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Tried with both a react and javascript app. Same issue.

Just npm start

Context

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• Operating System: Windows 10
• Node version: 16.15.0
• Office version: Version 2102 Microsoft 365 bundle
• Tool version: ??

[millerds]

It's more than just 'npm start'. Based you your screenshots I can see that the dev server was started before 'npm start' was run and so that part was skipped by the start command.

The second image shows that the dev server has started and is ready to serve up content . . . but that won't be needed until you actually start the add-in . . . which you can't until it's loaded. Which narrows it down to the manifest and the version of Office.

Are you able to manually side load the add-in using these instructions? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/sideload-outlook-add-ins-for-testing?tabs=windows