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SVG favicon not working for Chrome shortcut


I'm using <link rel="icon" href="images/icon.svg" sizes="any" type="image/svg+xml"> and it works like a charme for the icon in the browser tab:

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However, when I create a Chrome shortcut (... > more tools > create shortcut), the icon does not work anymore all of a sudden and it just takes the first letter of the website as a fallback:

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How can I make this SVG icon work for chrome shortcuts as well?


Solution

  • If the site is being hosted locally, I wouldn't expect it to show up in the bookmark, If the site is being hosted elsewhere, though, my guess would be that changes are taking time to propagate, depending on the hosting provider or CDN.