Project build halts on: “Build delayed until Bower/npm packages finish restoring.”

Question

In VS 2017, I created a new ASP.NET Core Web Application using the Angular template.

The project however does not run, it gets stuck on:

Build delayed un         


        

Answer 1

I was able to workaround my indefinite “Build delayed until Bower/npm packages finish restoring.” publishing delay in VS.NET 2019 Community Edition by:

1. Clicking on the [Cancel] button in the [Web Publish Activity] tab.
2. Exiting and restarting VS.NET with Administrative privileges
3. Opening the solution and publishing my app again.

In my case, it looks like it was the lack of Administrative privileges that caused the infinite delay.