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

[Richard Szalay]

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]

"Richard Szalay" wrote in message

newsD1C3566-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