Answer
The Static Files middleware serves CSS/JS/images directly without MVC involvement. It must be placed early in the pipeline to bypass unnecessary routing and processing.
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Static Files middleware intercepts matching file requests before routing and serves them directly from wwwroot — no controller, no auth required. It must be first in the pipeline so static assets (CSS, JS) are available to unauthenticated users. Without it, every static file request would go through the full MVC pipeline unnecessarily.
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