As far as I can tell, I'm not referencing favicon.ico in any way shape or form, yet each of my requests to rails server (in development mode) ends with the following:
Started GET "/assets/ico/favicon.ico" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-06-12 20:18:02 -0700
Served asset /ico/favicon.ico - 404 Not Found (3ms)
ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/assets/ico/favicon.ico"):
actionpack (3.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:21:in `call'
actionpack (3.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:56:in `call'
railties (3.2.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:26:in `call_app'
railties (3.2.3) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:16:in `call'
actionpack (3.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:22:in `call'
rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:21:in `call'
rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/runtime.rb:17:in `call'
activesupport (3.2.3) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache.rb:72:in `call'
rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/lock.rb:15:in `call'
actionpack (3.2.3) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:62:in `call'
railties (3.2.3) lib/rails/engine.rb:479:in `call'
railties (3.2.3) lib/rails/application.rb:220:in `call'
rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/content_length.rb:14:in `call'
railties (3.2.3) lib/rails/rack/log_tailer.rb:14:in `call'
rack (1.4.1) lib/rack/handler/webrick.rb:59:in `service'
/Users/twler/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/httpserver.rb:138:in `service'
/Users/twler/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/httpserver.rb:94:in `run'
/Users/twler/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/webrick/server.rb:191:in `block in start_thread'
Is this a webrick-related issue, or do I need to change some config options or what?
EDIT: I put favicon.ico in app/assets/ico/favicon.ico, lib/assets/ico/favicon.ico, and public/favicon.ico. The favicon logo even shows up in my browser, yet rails server still shows a 404 in the log. Any suggestions?
It's not Rails — web browsers request it automatically.