in packages/react-scripts/config/webpackDevServer.config.js [123:133]
onAfterSetupMiddleware(devServer) {
// Redirect to `PUBLIC_URL` or `homepage` from `package.json` if url not match
devServer.app.use(redirectServedPath(paths.publicUrlOrPath));
// This service worker file is effectively a 'no-op' that will reset any
// previous service worker registered for the same host:port combination.
// We do this in development to avoid hitting the production cache if
// it used the same host and port.
// https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/2272#issuecomment-302832432
devServer.app.use(noopServiceWorkerMiddleware(paths.publicUrlOrPath));
},