static works as well, thought it would get confused with the bundle path

Author: kellyrmilligan

packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if (publicPath === './') {
 // `publicUrl` is just like `publicPath`, but we will provide it to our app
 // as %PUBLIC_URL% in `index.html` and `process.env.PUBLIC_URL` in JavaScript.
 // Omit trailing slash as %PUBLIC_PATH%/xyz looks better than %PUBLIC_PATH%xyz.
-const publicUrl = paths.servedPath.slice(0, -1) + '/assets';
+const publicUrl = paths.servedPath.slice(0, -1) + '/static';
 // Get environment variables to inject into our app.
 const env = getClientEnvironment(publicUrl === '.' ? '' : publicUrl);
 // This is the development configuration.

packages/react-scripts/config/webpackDevServer.config.js

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ module.exports = function(proxy, allowedHost) {
       app.use(noopServiceWorkerMiddleware(servedPathPathname));
       app.use(serveAppMiddleware(servedPathPathname));
       app.use(
-        `${config.output.publicPath.slice(0, -1)}/assets`,
+        `${config.output.publicPath.slice(0, -1)}/static`,
         express.static(paths.appPublic)
       );
     },