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Google Fixed Favicon Bug and Search Console Crawl Stats Data Gap

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Google fixed a favicon display bug affecting search result snippets and a missing-data gap in Search Console crawl stats over the weekend of August 22–23, 2026.

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Google resolved two bugs over the weekend: favicons stopped appearing in search results starting around mid-August, with the default globe icon showing instead; Rajan Patel from Google confirmed the fix was nearly complete by Saturday, August 22. A second issue caused a two-day gap in Search Console crawl stats data starting around August 14–15, which was repaired on Sunday, August 23. Both issues are now largely or fully resolved.

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