Add custom variable check for webpack dev server

src/scripts/settings/webSettings.js

@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ export function getIncludeCorsCredentials() {
 
 export function getMultiServer() {
     return getConfig().then(config => {
-        // Enable multi-server support in development environments
+        // Enable multi-server support when served by webpack
-        return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' // eslint-disable-line no-undef
+        if (process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE) { // eslint-disable-line no-undef
-            || !!config.multiserver;
+            return true;
+        }
+        return !!config.multiserver;
     }).catch(error => {
         console.log('cannot get web config:', error);
         return false;

src/serviceworker.js

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ self.addEventListener('notificationclick', function (event) {
 }, false);
 
 // Do not precache files in development so live reload works as expected
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-undef -- NODE_ENV is replaced by webpack */
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-undef -- WEBPACK_SERVE is replaced by webpack */
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+if (process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE) {
     // this is needed by the webpack Workbox plugin
     /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-globals,no-undef */
     precacheAndRoute(self.__WB_MANIFEST);

webpack.dev.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const common = require('./webpack.common');
 const { merge } = require('webpack-merge');
+const { DefinePlugin } = require('webpack');
 
 module.exports = merge(common, {
     // In order for live reload to work we must use "web" as the target not "browserlist"
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ module.exports = merge(common, {
             }
         ]
     },
+    plugins: [
+        new DefinePlugin({
+            'process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE': true
+        })
+    ],
     devServer: {
         compress: true,
         client: {