Why is Chrome searching for my favicon.ico when I serve up a file from ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I have a controller in MVC serving up images from a database.

EDIT: This still happens if I serve up a file over completely standard means in MVC.

Eve

Answer 1

The actual answer: It's a known, verified bug. *(recently fixed!... maybe?)

Looks like a known, longstanding issue with Chrome: http://crbug.com/39402

If you want it fixed sooner, star the issue. More people starring the issue will likely increase its priority and possibly get it fixed faster.

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****UPDATE 1***: As of May 15 of this year (2013)--four years after this question was asked--it looks like the issue has been fixed in version 29: http://crbug.com/39402#c47

Feel free to undo all your hacks and workarounds. :]

****UPDATE 2 (2015-01)***: This is apparently still an issue for some users, according to the same issue link. :/