678252 - Show request for favicon.ico in webconsole

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Stefan]

User Agent:  

Steps to reproduce:

For advanced version remove trust from "AddTrust AB" certificates before you start.

1. Open an new tab.
2. Open a second tab.
3. Enable webconsole in the second tab (shiftctrl-k)
4. Open http://www.kotnet.org/ in the second tab.
5. Switch betwen the tabs. [adv.]


Actual results:

4. Firefox sends a GET http://www.kotnet.org/favicon.ico which is not shown in the console. The Server sends a 302 redirecting to a HTTPS URL which Firefox tries to GET but does not show in the webconsole either.
5. Each time the second tab is focused a useless modal dialog pops up.


Expected results:

All request and redirects are shown in the web console.
Dialogs don't block the browser.
Firefox offers the user a remedy or otherwise does not reiterate the certificate issue.

Comment 1

[Stefan]

Problem persists in Firefox 28. The request for

<link href = "thisdoesnotshowupinthewebconsole.ico" rel = "shortcut icon" type = "image/ico" />

is not shown in the web console.

Comment 2

[Stefan]

Once you have accessed the URL thisdoesnotshowupinthewebconsole.ico is never again requested in the current session even after

- clear cache
- clear history
- clear about:permissions

It needs a restart in order to make Firefox forget about the ico-File (or in this case the 404). Even in private browsing mode the icon-request is not performed a second time.