How do I get Fiddler to stop ignoring traffic to localhost?

To get Fiddler to capture traffic when you are debugging on local host, after you hit F5 to begin degugging change the address so that localhost has a “.” after it. For instance, you start debugging and the you have the following URL in the Address bar: http://localhost:49573/Default.aspx Change it to: http://localhost.:49573/Default.aspx Hit enter and … Read more

visual studio 2015 vshub is spamming fiddler

This is a relatively new problem because System.NET used to ignore proxy settings for localhost, and therefore Fiddler wouldn’t see the traffic by default (http://docs.telerik.com/fiddler/Configure-Fiddler/Tasks/ConfigureDotNETApp) – see bottom section. Now this no longer appears to be the case, so I expect more people will have the same question. Fiddler supports several ways to filter requests, … Read more

Chrome:The website uses HSTS. Network errors…this page will probably work later

One very quick way around this is, when you’re viewing the “Your connection is not private” screen: type badidea type thisisunsafe (credit to The Java Guy for finding the new passphrase) That will allow the security exception when Chrome is otherwise not allowing the exception to be set via clickthrough, e.g. for this HSTS case. … Read more