You're doing the right thing to serve a .webmanifest file for your Progressive Web App (PWA), but error 500 usually means malformed XML or misplaced elements in web.config.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<staticContent>
<mimeMap fileExtension=".webmanifest" mimeType="application/manifest+json" />
</staticContent>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Add .webmanifest to PWA HTML. Ensure your index.html (or _Host.cshtml in Blazor) includes:
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest">