Can your site's favicon be found?
It reports a confirmed missing favicon from the saved site probe.
What Check Engine measures
The check needs a final or starting origin. It emits a low-severity finding only when the saved icon result is false and the saved unknown flag is also false. An unknown result is therefore not turned into a missing-icon claim. Browser tabs, icon formats and article text are outside this missing-file test.
The check uses the saved icon request result. It cannot judge the artwork, branding or every cached browser tab. Review the served icon yourself.
How to read the result
A confirmed missing favicon is low severity. No finding under an unknown result does not prove that the icon exists or that every browser will display the intended artwork.
Why it matters
The icon is a small part of the site's public identity. A presence probe can identify a delivery problem, while appearance and suitability still need a visual check in the places the icon is meant to be used.
How to fix it
Check the icon declaration and the file it names. Serve a valid icon from a working address and keep the declaration in the shared head template. Review fallback paths where relevant. Request the file again after publishing through your normal workflow, then inspect its appearance separately from the probe's limited existence result.
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What we found in field audits
Problems in Social & sharing were found on 12 of the 14 sites we audited. These are area totals. Read the field-audit method.
Method note
backend/seo_engine/checks/social.py, favicon, revision 0bb8e8d3.
Common questions
Does an unknown favicon probe mean the icon is missing?
No. An unknown result is kept separate from a confirmed absence. The missing-icon finding needs both saved flags to support that claim.
How serious is a confirmed missing favicon?
It receives low severity. Check the actual icon request separately from a cached tab image.
Does the icon check inspect the artwork shown in my browser tab?
No. Browser tabs and icon formats are outside this file-presence test. A successful probe does not judge the design.