Asp.net Mvc: why is browser looking for favicon.ico

Question

I know there is a solution to stop the mvc framework to process \"favicon.ico\" requests (solution), but i don\'t know why is it looking for this icon in the first place.

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Answer 1

favicon.ico is a convention - but is one way that the browser can get the image for links, tabs, etc:

Note that these days, the image location can also be set in metadata (which is handy as it allows the image to be per-page rather than per-domain, and/or allows for serving it from a different location, such as a CDN):

However, "/favicon.ico" is the fallback, and is used by many old browsers - or where no explicit shortcut icon is specified.

Basically: go create one.