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I attempted adding a favicon to a site im working on, but for some reason the brower wasn't even requesting the favicon as it should, since i was getting no response from my server. I then found this identical question that solved my problem - What are the reasons that a browser would not request favicon.ico?

My one questions is - How in the sweet hell dose adding this query v=1.0 fix the issue?

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It doesn't matter if it was ?v=1.0 or ?v=1000.

When you add a GET parameter that the browser has never seen before, it forces the cache to clear. The browser probably cached the site before you added the favicon.

Spectric
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  • Yeah i think that meaks more sence. I suspected that cache was involved with the problem somehow, but i assumed that it wouldnt cache the site without a favifcon and it would get one wherever it could, but i suppose not. Thanks for the clarification. – Deon Rich Apr 22 '21 at 21:38
  • OH, of course. Sorry, im slightly new here. – Deon Rich Apr 23 '21 at 14:37