Including a link for manifest.json file crashes Lighthouse audit in chrome

Question

The lighthouse audit hangs while running an audit. I tried removing the manifest.json link and it runs the audit fine.

here's the manifest.json file

{
  "name": "Our School",
  "short_name": "ourschool",
  "start_url": "/index.html",
  "display": "standalone",
  "background_color": "#fff",
  "theme_color": "#fff",
  "icons": [
    {
      "src": "/img/icon-72x72.png",
      "type": "image/png",
      "sizes": "72x72"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

here's how I linked the file in HTML.

<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json" />

Answer 1

Make sure the "Clear storage" checkbox is unchecked, you can find this in the in lighthouse settings.