How do I get Fiddler to stop ignoring traffic to localhost?

Question

When using Fiddler to monitor HTTP Requests & Responses in Internet Explorer it ignores all traffic directed to http://localhost.

Answer 1

For Fiddler to capture traffic from localhost on local IIS, there are 3 steps (It worked on my computer):

1. Click Tools > Fiddler Options. Ensure Allow remote clients to connect is checked. Close Fiddler.

2. Create a new DWORD named ReverseProxyForPort inside KEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fiddler2. Set the DWORD to port 80 (choose decimal here). Restart Fiddler.

3. Add port 8888 to the addresses defined in your client. For example localhost:8888/MyService/WebAPI/v1/