log output isn't colored on .NET SDK (5.0.100)

[nilobarp]

After upgrading to .NET 5 serilog console output colors stopped working. The following configuration works fine on 3.1.

"Serilog": {
    "MinimumLevel": {
      "Default": "Debug",
      "Override": {
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command": "Warning",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "Warning",
        "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Diagnostics": "Warning",
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning",
        "Microsoft": "Warning",
        "System": "Warning"
      }
    },
    "Using": ["Serilog.Sinks.Console"],
    "WriteTo": [
      {
        "Name": "Console",
        "Args": {
          "theme": "Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole.Themes.AnsiConsoleTheme::Code, Serilog.Sinks.Console",
          "outputTemplate": "{Timestamp:dd-mm-yy HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3} {Message:lj} {Properties}{NewLine}{Exception}"
        }
      }
    ]
  }

[jmalatia]

I had the same issue... fixed it by changing my launchSettings.json removing the entry launchBrowser and after making this change, console colors returned.

See serilog/serilog-aspnetcore#229 (comment) with link to dotnet/aspnetcore#25317