Request signing with local HTTP client
So when I tried to preview the page I was working on in Chrome, I got a 404 Not Found error. On doing a little digging, I found that the common fix for this was to go Web Browsers and Preview in settings and click “Allow unsigned requests,” which worked. But, why is this necessary? I'm assuming this is a security feature, and so it doesn't seem like a good idea to disable it and just leave a random HTTP server running on my laptop. I have found very little information on requests actually being signed. How is this supposed to be used?
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This is indeed a security feature. By default, any request to a page on the built-in web server from outside WebStorm is by default rejected and a Page 404 is displayed. To avoid this issue, please make sure to always open the page from the IDE and not externally, by opening the link in browser. When running from the IDE it will be authorized automatically.