Default generated favicon.ico doesn't work -> rename to png works

[hci2]

Command

new

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

When scaffolding a new Angular project via ng new <PROJECT_NAME> the generated favicon.ico does not work. I just renamed it to favicon.png and changed the reference in index.html and it works immediately.

How about changing the scaffolding to use PNG instead of *.ico?

Minimal Reproduction

favicon.ico (default after generating via ng create):

favicon.png (after renaming and changing):

Exception or Error

No response

Your Environment

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Angular CLI: 18.2.8
Node: 20.17.0
Package Manager: npm 10.9.0
OS: darwin arm64

Angular: 18.2.8
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package Version

@angular-devkit/architect 0.1802.8
@angular-devkit/build-angular 18.2.8
@angular-devkit/core 18.2.8
@angular-devkit/schematics 18.2.8
@schematics/angular 18.2.8
rxjs 7.8.1
typescript 5.5.4
zone.js 0.14.10

Anything else relevant?

IDE: VS Code (1.94.2 (Universal))
Browser: Chrome (129.0.6668.91 (Official Build) (arm64))
OS: MacOS (15.0.1)

[hci2]

Moreover, I also noticed that the docs are not up-to-date regarding src/assets and src/favicon.ico, see: https://angular.dev/reference/configs/workspace-config#assets-configuration.

[alan-agius4]

Hi @hci2,
I couldn't reproduce the issue you've mentioned.

Regarding the documentation issue, please open an issue at https://github.com/angular/angular.