`aspire ps` doesn't show dashboard URL when using ASPIRE_DASHBOARD_UNSECURED_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS

[meziantou]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

When using ASPIRE_DASHBOARD_UNSECURED_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS or DOTNET_DASHBOARD_UNSECURED_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS, aspire ps can list the Path and PID but the Dashboard column is empty.

Expected Behavior

It should show the dashboard URL (without any authentication token as auth is disabled)

Steps To Reproduce

• dotnet new aspire
• Add the environment variable ASPIRE_DASHBOARD_UNSECURED_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS=true
• dotnet run
• aspire ps

Exceptions (if any)

No response

.NET Version info

10.0.201

Anything else?

No response

[davidfowl]

What version is the aspire sdk in your application? You may have update the cli but not the apphost

[meziantou]

I have 13.2.0 for CLI and Aspire SDK. I quickly look at the code, I think the problem is that the BaseUrlWithLoginToken is not set when there is no authentication (because of the env var) and the ps command doesn't fall back on the other property.

CLI: https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/30f39285b92464c83ed1a58c3b221b753bca8b8b/src/Aspire.Cli/Commands/PsCommand.cs#L166C18-L166C69 (only use BaseUrlWithLoginToken)
Host:

aspire/src/Aspire.Hosting/Backchannel/DashboardUrlsHelper.cs

Lines 85 to 106 in 30f3928

	var codespacesUrlRewriter = serviceProvider.GetService<CodespacesUrlRewriter>();
	string? baseUrlWithLoginToken = null;
	string? codespacesUrlWithLoginToken = null;
	if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(apiBaseUrl) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(dashboardOptions.DashboardToken))
	{
	baseUrlWithLoginToken = $"{apiBaseUrl.TrimEnd('/')}/login?t={dashboardOptions.DashboardToken}";
	var rewrittenUrl = codespacesUrlRewriter?.RewriteUrl(baseUrlWithLoginToken);
	if (rewrittenUrl != baseUrlWithLoginToken)
	{
	codespacesUrlWithLoginToken = rewrittenUrl;
	}
	}
	return new DashboardConnectionInfo
	{
	IsHealthy = true,
	ApiBaseUrl = apiBaseUrl,
	ApiToken = dashboardOptions.ApiKey,
	BaseUrlWithLoginToken = baseUrlWithLoginToken,
	CodespacesUrlWithLoginToken = codespacesUrlWithLoginToken
	};

(doesn't set BaseUrlWithLoginToken if auth is disabled)

[CraigSelbert]

Same issue

Run aspire run with that environment variable set to true, you will see