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Peter_Baumann's avatar
Peter_Baumann
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Nov 16, 2022

APM sends local favicon.ico to client instead of fetching it from the backend

This behavior seems to be since 16.1.2 and 16.1.3 version upgrade. The APM is sending the local version of favicon.ico to the client and not the version of the backend after the session has establish...
application delivery
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
F5
Lucas_Thompson's avatar
Lucas_Thompson
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Nov 21, 2022

Hi Peter.

Your browser probably grabs the favicon upon visiting the APM virtual server, and doesn't try to get it again once authenticated. You can change the favicon content by adding an iRule that basically says "if I hear a request for this URL, then serve out this file content" by following this KB:

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25815544

There are other touch-icon favicons that Apple uses too and you can use the same technique.