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Why am I seeing a 404 (Not Found) error failed to load favicon.ico when not using this?

After creating a simple HTML template for testing purpose, with no favicon.ico, I receive an error in the console

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) 
| "http://127.0.0.1:47021/favicon.ico"`.

I am trying to figure out where this error is coming from and wondered if someone had any ideas to point me in the right direction.

My HTML page looks like this:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Simple JavaScript Tester 01</title>
</head>
<body>

<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

When I run this page in Chrome browser and open the console, I see the error message mentioned above. I am running this on a local IIS server. I see this same error message each time I create a new page.

Is it possible this error is coming from another page on my IIS server that I am unaware of?

Solution

  • By adding this to the header section, you will definitely remove the error in the console log:

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    From Chrome 2020 this is the solution :

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