initiatorType for favicon

[noamr]

Currently it's "other" for chrome and Firefox, and "icon" for Safari.
According the spec, it's vague what it should be (maybe "link" since it's originated from a link tag?)
It's difficult to write a WPT for it since it's not straightforward to force favicon loading in Safari.

[yoavweiss]

Agree it'd be good to align here, but unclear on what value.
/cc @npm1 @achristensen07 @bdekoz

[npm1]

Other than Safari being hard, did you find what values are returned on Chrome/Firefox?

[noamr]

Other than Safari being hard, did you find what values are returned on Chrome/Firefox?

It returns "other" in Chrome and Firefox.

[achristensen07]

I don't think it would be a big deal to change Safari to say "other" here

[noamr]

See also #299. I wonder if favicon should have a resource timing entry at all, given that it's not accessible in the document in any other way.

[yoavweiss]

This was discussed on the WG call.