Favicon.ico GTmetrix delays

  • Favicon.ico is returning a 302 status, 0 for size and giving my site an extra 2-4 seconds loading time according to GTmetrix. Any idea whats going on? Ive tried resizing it and trying different ones but that didnt seem to effect it.

    Thanks in advance.

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  • For the favicon, you can simply upload a favicon.ico file, and that should take care of this.

    But the favicon is not really the root of your problem: it’s merely a symptom. If you visit https://xosuey.com/any-non-existing-url , you’ll see the same delay before you’re redirected to the homepage. You really should track what is causing this delay (and, perhaps, have a proper “not found” page that returns HTTP status code 404).

    Good luck.

    Thread Starter gorvie

    (@gorvie)

    Thanks for your reply.

    I have redirected traffic to homepage when hitting 404, (Cause i had made changes to permalinks) and figured alot of old links (google) were going to be clicked.

    Ill try putting a favicon.ico file and see if that helps at all.

    And yes i get a “waiting” delay alot of times before loading any content, do you think this is related to the “delay when visiting no existing url”?

    Thread Starter gorvie

    (@gorvie)

    Swapped for a favicon.ico.. Which is now loading at 3.95 seconds.. Any idea why this is happening?

    Thread Starter gorvie

    (@gorvie)

    The only one with a 302 status and 0 size file..

    Thread Starter gorvie

    (@gorvie)

    GTMETRIX

    Thread Starter gorvie

    (@gorvie)

    gtmetrix
    appears to be loading 2 favicon.ico now..

    one with normal size etc.. the other one with 302, 0 size

    For the favicon, you can simply upload a favicon.ico file, and that should take care of this.

    Sorry for the confusion, but I actually meant upload the favicon.ico file to the ROOT of your domain, since that’s the default location that these browsers look for the favicon file (ie the browsers that look for a favicon.ico file).

    Thread Starter gorvie

    (@gorvie)

    Thank you! It worked. No more 302/ delayed favicon times.

    Not even my hosting support could tell me that in the multiple times ive talked to them.

    I appreciate it!

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