Use [DebuggerDisableUserUnhandledExceptions]

src/Components/Endpoints/src/RazorComponentEndpointInvoker.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public Task Render(HttpContext context)
         return _renderer.Dispatcher.InvokeAsync(() => RenderComponentCore(context));
     }
 
+    // We do not want the debugger to consider NavigationExceptions caught by this method as user-unhandled.
+    [DebuggerDisableUserUnhandledExceptions]
     private async Task RenderComponentCore(HttpContext context)
     {
         context.Response.ContentType = RazorComponentResultExecutor.DefaultContentType;

src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Prerendering.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering;
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ public ValueTask<IHtmlAsyncContent> PrerenderComponentAsync(
         ParameterView parameters)
         => PrerenderComponentAsync(httpContext, componentType, prerenderMode, parameters, waitForQuiescence: true);
 
+    // We do not want the debugger to consider NavigationExceptions caught by this method as user-unhandled.
+    [DebuggerDisableUserUnhandledExceptions]
     public async ValueTask<IHtmlAsyncContent> PrerenderComponentAsync(
         HttpContext httpContext,
         [DynamicallyAccessedMembers(Component)] Type componentType,
@@ -129,6 +132,8 @@ public async ValueTask<IHtmlAsyncContent> PrerenderComponentAsync(
         }
     }
 
+    // We do not want the debugger to consider NavigationExceptions caught by this method as user-unhandled.
+    [DebuggerDisableUserUnhandledExceptions]
     internal async ValueTask<PrerenderedComponentHtmlContent> RenderEndpointComponent(
         HttpContext httpContext,
         [DynamicallyAccessedMembers(Component)] Type rootComponentType,
@@ -198,7 +203,8 @@ public static ValueTask<PrerenderedComponentHtmlContent> HandleNavigationExcepti
             throw new InvalidOperationException(
                 "A navigation command was attempted during prerendering after the server already started sending the response. " +
                 "Navigation commands can not be issued during server-side prerendering after the response from the server has started. Applications must buffer the" +
-                "response and avoid using features like FlushAsync() before all components on the page have been rendered to prevent failed navigation commands.");
+                "response and avoid using features like FlushAsync() before all components on the page have been rendered to prevent failed navigation commands.",
+                navigationException);
         }
         else if (IsPossibleExternalDestination(httpContext.Request, navigationException.Location)
             && IsProgressivelyEnhancedNavigation(httpContext.Request))

src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ public void InitializeStreamingRenderingFraming(HttpContext httpContext, bool is
         }
     }
 
+    // We do not want the debugger to consider NavigationExceptions caught by this method as user-unhandled.
+    [DebuggerDisableUserUnhandledExceptions]
     public async Task SendStreamingUpdatesAsync(HttpContext httpContext, Task untilTaskCompleted, TextWriter writer)
     {
         // Important: do not introduce any 'await' statements in this method above the point where we write
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ public async Task SendStreamingUpdatesAsync(HttpContext httpContext, Task untilT
             EmitInitializersIfNecessary(httpContext, writer);
 
             // At this point we yield the sync context. SSR batches may then be emitted at any time.
-            await writer.FlushAsync(); 
+            await writer.FlushAsync();
             await untilTaskCompleted;
         }
         catch (NavigationException navigationException)
@@ -74,6 +77,10 @@ public async Task SendStreamingUpdatesAsync(HttpContext httpContext, Task untilT
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
+            // Rethrowing also informs the debugger that this exception should be considered user-unhandled unlike NavigationExceptions,
+            // but calling BreakForUserUnhandledException here allows the debugger to break before we modify the HttpContext.
+            Debugger.BreakForUserUnhandledException(ex);
+
             // Theoretically it might be possible to let the error middleware run, capture the output,
             // then emit it in a special format so the JS code can display the error page. However
             // for now we're not going to support that and will simply emit a message.

src/Middleware/Diagnostics/src/DeveloperExceptionPage/DeveloperExceptionPageMiddlewareImpl.cs

@@ -102,8 +102,13 @@ private static void SetExceptionHandlerFeatures(ErrorContext errorContext)
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="context"></param>
     /// <returns></returns>
+    [DebuggerDisableUserUnhandledExceptions]
     public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
     {
+        // We want to avoid treating exceptions as user-unhandled if an exception filter like the DatabaseDeveloperPageExceptionFilter
+        // handles the exception rather than letting it flow to the default DisplayException method. This is because we don't want to stop the
+        // debugger if the developer shouldn't be handling the exception and instead just needs to do something like click a link to run a
+        // database migration.
         try
         {
             await _next(context);
@@ -122,6 +127,11 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
                     context.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status499ClientClosedRequest;
                 }
 
+                // Generally speaking, we do not expect application code to handle things like IOExceptions during a request
+                // body read due to a client disconnect. But aborted requests should be rare in development, and developers
+                // might be surprised if an IOException propagating through their code was not considered user-unhandled.
+                // That said, if developers complain, we consider removing the following line.
+                Debugger.BreakForUserUnhandledException(ex);
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -131,6 +141,8 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
             {
                 _logger.ResponseStartedErrorPageMiddleware();
                 _metrics.RequestException(exceptionName, ExceptionResult.Skipped, handler: null);
+
+                // Rethrowing informs the debugger that this exception should be considered user-unhandled.
                 throw;
             }
 
@@ -161,11 +173,16 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
             }
             catch (Exception ex2)
             {
+                // It might make sense to call BreakForUserUnhandledException for ex2 after we do the same for the original exception.
+                // But for now, considering the rarity of user-defined IDeveloperPageExceptionFilters, we're not for simplicity.
+
                 // If there's a Exception while generating the error page, re-throw the original exception.
                 _logger.DisplayErrorPageException(ex2);
             }
 
             _metrics.RequestException(exceptionName, ExceptionResult.Unhandled, handler: null);
+
+            // Rethrowing informs the debugger that this exception should be considered user-unhandled.
             throw;
         }
 
@@ -178,6 +195,9 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
     // Assumes the response headers have not been sent.  If they have, still attempt to write to the body.
     private Task DisplayException(ErrorContext errorContext)
     {
+        // We need to inform the debugger that this exception should be considered user-unhandled since it wasn't fully handled by an exception filter.
+        Debugger.BreakForUserUnhandledException(errorContext.Exception);
+
         var httpContext = errorContext.HttpContext;
         var headers = httpContext.Request.GetTypedHeaders();
         var acceptHeader = headers.Accept;