diff --git a/.changes/asset-resolver-dev-fallback.md b/.changes/asset-resolver-dev-fallback.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc9b5069d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/asset-resolver-dev-fallback.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:enhance
+"tauri-codegen": patch:enhance
+---
+
+Enhance `AssetResolver::get` in development mode by reading distDir directly as a fallback to the embedded assets.
diff --git a/.changes/fix-usage-without-compression.md b/.changes/fix-usage-without-compression.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e6bf6154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-usage-without-compression.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:bug
+"tauri-codegen": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fixes asset resolving when not using the `compression` feature.
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/src/allowlist.rs b/core/tauri-build/src/allowlist.rs
index 34654f689..a1ab7a521 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/src/allowlist.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-build/src/allowlist.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn check(config: &Config, manifest: &mut Manifest) -> Result<()> {
     if deps.is_empty() {
       if let Some(alias) = &metadata.alias {
         deps = find_dependency(manifest, alias, metadata.kind);
-        name = alias.clone();
+        name.clone_from(alias);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
index b95714557..2ffed639a 100644
--- a/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ plist = "1"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = [ "parsing", "formatting" ] }
 
 [features]
-default = [ "compression" ]
 compression = [ "brotli", "tauri-utils/compression" ]
 isolation = [ "tauri-utils/isolation" ]
 shell-scope = [ "regex" ]
diff --git a/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs b/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs
index 2e95b0f25..c1283f907 100644
--- a/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs
@@ -437,17 +437,33 @@ pub fn context_codegen(data: ContextData) -> Result<TokenStream, EmbeddedAssetsE
   #[cfg(not(feature = "shell-scope"))]
   let shell_scope_config = quote!();
 
-  Ok(quote!(#root::Context::new(
-    #config,
-    ::std::sync::Arc::new(#assets),
-    #default_window_icon,
-    #app_icon,
-    #system_tray_icon,
-    #package_info,
-    #info_plist,
-    #pattern,
-    #shell_scope_config
-  )))
+  let maybe_config_parent_setter = if dev {
+    let config_parent = config_parent.to_string_lossy();
+    quote!({
+      context.with_config_parent(#config_parent);
+    })
+  } else {
+    quote!()
+  };
+
+  Ok(quote!({
+    #[allow(unused_mut, clippy::let_and_return)]
+    let mut context = #root::Context::new(
+      #config,
+      ::std::sync::Arc::new(#assets),
+      #default_window_icon,
+      #app_icon,
+      #system_tray_icon,
+      #package_info,
+      #info_plist,
+      #pattern,
+      #shell_scope_config
+    );
+
+    #maybe_config_parent_setter
+
+    context
+  }))
 }
 
 fn ico_icon<P: AsRef<Path>>(
diff --git a/core/tauri-config-schema/schema.json b/core/tauri-config-schema/schema.json
index d607b032d..717cbdd63 100644
--- a/core/tauri-config-schema/schema.json
+++ b/core/tauri-config-schema/schema.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
   "title": "Config",
-  "description": "The Tauri configuration object. It is read from a file where you can define your frontend assets, configure the bundler, enable the app updater, define a system tray, enable APIs via the allowlist and more.\n\nThe configuration file is generated by the [`tauri init`](https://tauri.app/v1/api/cli#init) command that lives in your Tauri application source directory (src-tauri).\n\nOnce generated, you may modify it at will to customize your Tauri application.\n\n## File Formats\n\nBy default, the configuration is defined as a JSON file named `tauri.conf.json`.\n\nTauri also supports JSON5 and TOML files via the `config-json5` and `config-toml` Cargo features, respectively. The JSON5 file name must be either `tauri.conf.json` or `tauri.conf.json5`. The TOML file name is `Tauri.toml`.\n\n## Platform-Specific Configuration\n\nIn addition to the default configuration file, Tauri can read a platform-specific configuration from `tauri.linux.conf.json`, `tauri.windows.conf.json`, and `tauri.macos.conf.json` (or `Tauri.linux.toml`, `Tauri.windows.toml` and `Tauri.macos.toml` if the `Tauri.toml` format is used), which gets merged with the main configuration object.\n\n## Configuration Structure\n\nThe configuration is composed of the following objects:\n\n- [`package`](#packageconfig): Package settings - [`tauri`](#tauriconfig): The Tauri config - [`build`](#buildconfig): The build configuration - [`plugins`](#pluginconfig): The plugins config\n\n```json title=\"Example tauri.config.json file\" { \"build\": { \"beforeBuildCommand\": \"\", \"beforeDevCommand\": \"\", \"devPath\": \"../dist\", \"distDir\": \"../dist\" }, \"package\": { \"productName\": \"tauri-app\", \"version\": \"0.1.0\" }, \"tauri\": { \"allowlist\": { \"all\": true }, \"bundle\": {}, \"security\": { \"csp\": null }, \"updater\": { \"active\": false }, \"windows\": [ { \"fullscreen\": false, \"height\": 600, \"resizable\": true, \"title\": \"Tauri App\", \"width\": 800 } ] } } ```",
+  "description": "The Tauri configuration object. It is read from a file where you can define your frontend assets, configure the bundler, enable the app updater, define a system tray, enable APIs via the allowlist and more.\n\nThe configuration file is generated by the [`tauri init`](https://tauri.app/v1/api/cli#init) command that lives in your Tauri application source directory (src-tauri).\n\nOnce generated, you may modify it at will to customize your Tauri application.\n\n## File Formats\n\nBy default, the configuration is defined as a JSON file named `tauri.conf.json`.\n\nTauri also supports JSON5 and TOML files via the `config-json5` and `config-toml` Cargo features, respectively. The JSON5 file name must be either `tauri.conf.json` or `tauri.conf.json5`. The TOML file name is `Tauri.toml`.\n\n## Platform-Specific Configuration\n\nIn addition to the default configuration file, Tauri can read a platform-specific configuration from `tauri.linux.conf.json`, `tauri.windows.conf.json`, and `tauri.macos.conf.json` (or `Tauri.linux.toml`, `Tauri.windows.toml` and `Tauri.macos.toml` if the `Tauri.toml` format is used), which gets merged with the main configuration object.\n\n## Configuration Structure\n\nThe configuration is composed of the following objects:\n\n- [`package`](#packageconfig): Package settings - [`tauri`](#tauriconfig): The Tauri config - [`build`](#buildconfig): The build configuration - [`plugins`](#pluginconfig): The plugins config\n\nExample tauri.config.json file:\n\n```json { \"build\": { \"beforeBuildCommand\": \"\", \"beforeDevCommand\": \"\", \"devPath\": \"../dist\", \"distDir\": \"../dist\" }, \"package\": { \"productName\": \"tauri-app\", \"version\": \"0.1.0\" }, \"tauri\": { \"allowlist\": { \"all\": true }, \"bundle\": {}, \"security\": { \"csp\": null }, \"updater\": { \"active\": false }, \"windows\": [ { \"fullscreen\": false, \"height\": 600, \"resizable\": true, \"title\": \"Tauri App\", \"width\": 800 } ] } } ```",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
     "$schema": {
diff --git a/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs b/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
index 3611790ee..a36e809c8 100644
--- a/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
@@ -3196,7 +3196,9 @@ impl PackageConfig {
 /// - [`build`](#buildconfig): The build configuration
 /// - [`plugins`](#pluginconfig): The plugins config
 ///
-/// ```json title="Example tauri.config.json file"
+/// Example tauri.config.json file:
+///
+/// ```json
 /// {
 ///   "build": {
 ///     "beforeBuildCommand": "",
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/app.rs b/core/tauri/src/app.rs
index 088f0256e..e1a750204 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/app.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/app.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,48 @@ pub struct AssetResolver<R: Runtime> {
 
 impl<R: Runtime> AssetResolver<R> {
   /// Gets the app asset associated with the given path.
+  ///
+  /// Resolves to the embedded asset that is part of the app
+  /// in dev when [`devPath`](https://tauri.app/v1/api/config/#buildconfig.devpath) points to a folder in your filesystem
+  /// or in production when [`distDir`](https://tauri.app/v1/api/config/#buildconfig.distdir)
+  /// points to your frontend assets.
+  ///
+  /// Fallbacks to reading the asset from the [distDir] folder so the behavior is consistent in development.
+  /// Note that the dist directory must exist so you might need to build your frontend assets first.
   pub fn get(&self, path: String) -> Option<Asset> {
+    #[cfg(dev)]
+    {
+      // on dev if the devPath is a path to a directory we have the embedded assets
+      // so we can use get_asset() directly
+      // we only fallback to reading from distDir directly if we're using an external URL (which is likely)
+      if let (
+        crate::utils::config::AppUrl::Url(crate::utils::config::WindowUrl::External(_)),
+        crate::utils::config::AppUrl::Url(crate::utils::config::WindowUrl::App(dist_path)),
+      ) = (
+        &self.manager.config().build.dev_path,
+        &self.manager.config().build.dist_dir,
+      ) {
+        let asset_path = PathBuf::from(&path)
+          .components()
+          .filter(|c| !matches!(c, std::path::Component::RootDir))
+          .collect::<PathBuf>();
+
+        let asset_path = self
+          .manager
+          .config_parent()
+          .map(|p| p.join(dist_path).join(&asset_path))
+          .unwrap_or_else(|| dist_path.join(&asset_path));
+        return std::fs::read(asset_path).ok().map(|bytes| {
+          let mime_type = crate::utils::mime_type::MimeType::parse(&bytes, &path);
+          Asset {
+            bytes,
+            mime_type,
+            csp_header: None,
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     self.manager.get_asset(path).ok()
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
index e62da03bf..53f5f35a8 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ impl TryFrom<Icon> for runtime::Icon {
 /// Unless you know what you are doing and are prepared for this type to have breaking changes, do not create it yourself.
 pub struct Context<A: Assets> {
   pub(crate) config: Config,
+  #[cfg(dev)]
+  pub(crate) config_parent: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
   pub(crate) assets: Arc<A>,
   pub(crate) default_window_icon: Option<Icon>,
   pub(crate) app_icon: Option<Vec<u8>>,
@@ -587,6 +589,8 @@ impl<A: Assets> Context<A> {
   ) -> Self {
     Self {
       config,
+      #[cfg(dev)]
+      config_parent: None,
       assets,
       default_window_icon,
       app_icon,
@@ -598,6 +602,14 @@ impl<A: Assets> Context<A> {
       shell_scope,
     }
   }
+
+  #[cfg(dev)]
+  #[doc(hidden)]
+  pub fn with_config_parent(&mut self, config_parent: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>) {
+    self
+      .config_parent
+      .replace(config_parent.as_ref().to_owned());
+  }
 }
 
 // TODO: expand these docs
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/manager.rs b/core/tauri/src/manager.rs
index ec309cf60..b67018890 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/manager.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/manager.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ pub struct InnerWindowManager<R: Runtime> {
   on_page_load: Box<OnPageLoad<R>>,
 
   config: Arc<Config>,
+  #[cfg(dev)]
+  config_parent: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
   assets: Arc<dyn Assets>,
   pub(crate) default_window_icon: Option<Icon>,
   pub(crate) app_icon: Option<Vec<u8>>,
@@ -325,6 +327,8 @@ impl<R: Runtime> WindowManager<R> {
         invoke_handler,
         on_page_load,
         config: Arc::new(context.config),
+        #[cfg(dev)]
+        config_parent: context.config_parent,
         assets: context.assets,
         default_window_icon: context.default_window_icon,
         app_icon: context.app_icon,
@@ -1195,6 +1199,11 @@ impl<R: Runtime> WindowManager<R> {
     self.inner.config.clone()
   }
 
+  #[cfg(dev)]
+  pub fn config_parent(&self) -> Option<&std::path::PathBuf> {
+    self.inner.config_parent.as_ref()
+  }
+
   pub fn package_info(&self) -> &PackageInfo {
     &self.inner.package_info
   }
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/test/mod.rs b/core/tauri/src/test/mod.rs
index 206442238..6910f1c5e 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/test/mod.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/test/mod.rs
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ pub fn mock_context<A: Assets>(assets: A) -> crate::Context<A> {
       build: Default::default(),
       plugins: Default::default(),
     },
+    #[cfg(dev)]
+    config_parent: None,
     assets: Arc::new(assets),
     default_window_icon: None,
     app_icon: None,
diff --git a/core/tests/restart/tests/restart.rs b/core/tests/restart/tests/restart.rs
index 6f5d75ab5..c881f0d9d 100644
--- a/core/tests/restart/tests/restart.rs
+++ b/core/tests/restart/tests/restart.rs
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ fn symlink_runner(create_symlinks: impl Fn(&Path) -> io::Result<Symlink>) -> Res
 
       // we expect the output to be the bin path, twice
       assert_eq!(stdout, format!("{bin}\n{bin}\n", bin = bin.display()));
-    } else if cfg!(all(
-      target_os = "macos",
-      not(feature = "process-relaunch-dangerous-allow-symlink-macos")
-    )) {
+    } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
       // we expect this to fail on macOS without the dangerous symlink flag set
       let stderr = String::from_utf8(output.stderr)?;
 
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index e649a2d76..61eff36b2 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4024,7 +4024,7 @@ checksum = "69758bda2e78f098e4ccb393021a0963bb3442eac05f135c30f61b7370bbafae"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri"
-version = "1.6.6"
+version = "1.7.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.21.7",
@@ -4090,7 +4090,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-build"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo_toml",
@@ -4109,7 +4109,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-codegen"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "brotli",
@@ -4133,7 +4133,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-macros"
-version = "1.4.4"
+version = "1.4.5"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -4145,7 +4145,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-runtime"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.4"
 dependencies = [
  "gtk",
  "http",
@@ -4164,7 +4164,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-runtime-wry"
-version = "0.14.7"
+version = "0.14.9"
 dependencies = [
  "arboard",
  "cocoa 0.24.1",
@@ -4183,7 +4183,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-utils"
-version = "1.5.4"
+version = "1.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "brotli",
diff --git a/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock b/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock
index b891fb3a7..88bc04e24 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tooling/cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -2395,6 +2395,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-derive"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -4295,12 +4301,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.30"
+version = "0.3.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4a34ab300f2dee6e562c10a046fc05e358b29f9bf92277f30c3c8d82275f6f5"
+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa 1.0.9",
+ "num-conv",
  "powerfmt",
  "serde",
  "time-core",
@@ -4315,10 +4322,11 @@ checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.15"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ad70d68dba9e1f8aceda7aa6711965dfec1cac869f311a51bd08b3a2ccbce20"
+checksum = "3f252a68540fde3a3877aeea552b832b40ab9a69e318efd078774a01ddee1ccf"
 dependencies = [
+ "num-conv",
  "time-core",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tooling/cli/schema.json b/tooling/cli/schema.json
index d607b032d..717cbdd63 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/schema.json
+++ b/tooling/cli/schema.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
   "title": "Config",
-  "description": "The Tauri configuration object. It is read from a file where you can define your frontend assets, configure the bundler, enable the app updater, define a system tray, enable APIs via the allowlist and more.\n\nThe configuration file is generated by the [`tauri init`](https://tauri.app/v1/api/cli#init) command that lives in your Tauri application source directory (src-tauri).\n\nOnce generated, you may modify it at will to customize your Tauri application.\n\n## File Formats\n\nBy default, the configuration is defined as a JSON file named `tauri.conf.json`.\n\nTauri also supports JSON5 and TOML files via the `config-json5` and `config-toml` Cargo features, respectively. The JSON5 file name must be either `tauri.conf.json` or `tauri.conf.json5`. The TOML file name is `Tauri.toml`.\n\n## Platform-Specific Configuration\n\nIn addition to the default configuration file, Tauri can read a platform-specific configuration from `tauri.linux.conf.json`, `tauri.windows.conf.json`, and `tauri.macos.conf.json` (or `Tauri.linux.toml`, `Tauri.windows.toml` and `Tauri.macos.toml` if the `Tauri.toml` format is used), which gets merged with the main configuration object.\n\n## Configuration Structure\n\nThe configuration is composed of the following objects:\n\n- [`package`](#packageconfig): Package settings - [`tauri`](#tauriconfig): The Tauri config - [`build`](#buildconfig): The build configuration - [`plugins`](#pluginconfig): The plugins config\n\n```json title=\"Example tauri.config.json file\" { \"build\": { \"beforeBuildCommand\": \"\", \"beforeDevCommand\": \"\", \"devPath\": \"../dist\", \"distDir\": \"../dist\" }, \"package\": { \"productName\": \"tauri-app\", \"version\": \"0.1.0\" }, \"tauri\": { \"allowlist\": { \"all\": true }, \"bundle\": {}, \"security\": { \"csp\": null }, \"updater\": { \"active\": false }, \"windows\": [ { \"fullscreen\": false, \"height\": 600, \"resizable\": true, \"title\": \"Tauri App\", \"width\": 800 } ] } } ```",
+  "description": "The Tauri configuration object. It is read from a file where you can define your frontend assets, configure the bundler, enable the app updater, define a system tray, enable APIs via the allowlist and more.\n\nThe configuration file is generated by the [`tauri init`](https://tauri.app/v1/api/cli#init) command that lives in your Tauri application source directory (src-tauri).\n\nOnce generated, you may modify it at will to customize your Tauri application.\n\n## File Formats\n\nBy default, the configuration is defined as a JSON file named `tauri.conf.json`.\n\nTauri also supports JSON5 and TOML files via the `config-json5` and `config-toml` Cargo features, respectively. The JSON5 file name must be either `tauri.conf.json` or `tauri.conf.json5`. The TOML file name is `Tauri.toml`.\n\n## Platform-Specific Configuration\n\nIn addition to the default configuration file, Tauri can read a platform-specific configuration from `tauri.linux.conf.json`, `tauri.windows.conf.json`, and `tauri.macos.conf.json` (or `Tauri.linux.toml`, `Tauri.windows.toml` and `Tauri.macos.toml` if the `Tauri.toml` format is used), which gets merged with the main configuration object.\n\n## Configuration Structure\n\nThe configuration is composed of the following objects:\n\n- [`package`](#packageconfig): Package settings - [`tauri`](#tauriconfig): The Tauri config - [`build`](#buildconfig): The build configuration - [`plugins`](#pluginconfig): The plugins config\n\nExample tauri.config.json file:\n\n```json { \"build\": { \"beforeBuildCommand\": \"\", \"beforeDevCommand\": \"\", \"devPath\": \"../dist\", \"distDir\": \"../dist\" }, \"package\": { \"productName\": \"tauri-app\", \"version\": \"0.1.0\" }, \"tauri\": { \"allowlist\": { \"all\": true }, \"bundle\": {}, \"security\": { \"csp\": null }, \"updater\": { \"active\": false }, \"windows\": [ { \"fullscreen\": false, \"height\": 600, \"resizable\": true, \"title\": \"Tauri App\", \"width\": 800 } ] } } ```",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
     "$schema": {