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[BUG] IE8 will endlessly request favicon.ico on self-301

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Richard Szalay

Flightless Bird
If a request to a favicon returns a 301 to the original URL, IE8 will
endlessly request the favicon (in the background, of course).

To repro:
1. Start a web proxy (fiddler/charles)
2. Navigate th01 (dot) deviantart (dot) com
3. Look at the proxy output

Expected:
The 301 to the same url should either be ignored, or be stop at the redirect
limit (15 by default if I'm not mistaken)

Actual:
IE endlessly requests the same URL, even after the original tab is closed,
until the entire application is closed

PS. The above URL is not spam, it's simply the site I noticed the bug on

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Dan

Flightless Bird
"Richard Szalay" <RichardSzalay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DD1C3566-EEF2-4653-93F2-5BED0E8154DA@microsoft.com...
> If a request to a favicon returns a 301 to the original URL, IE8 will
> endlessly request the favicon (in the background, of course).
>
> To repro:
> 1. Start a web proxy (fiddler/charles)
> 2. Navigate th01 (dot) deviantart (dot) com
> 3. Look at the proxy output
>
> Expected:
> The 301 to the same url should either be ignored, or be stop at the
> redirect
> limit (15 by default if I'm not mistaken)
>
> Actual:
> IE endlessly requests the same URL, even after the original tab is closed,
> until the entire application is closed
>
> PS. The above URL is not spam, it's simply the site I noticed the bug on
>


Unfortunately reporting bugs here is mostly a waste of time. You need to
post this on the MS Connect site which is for product feedback and bug
reports: http://connect.microsoft.com/

I can confirm though that I can reproduce this here on IE8 XP SP3 in
no-addons mode.

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Dan
 
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