From 29c81e3edfae28e3802835e0996800ec7a05f143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SamTV12345 <40429738+samtv12345@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:07:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed favicon not being loaded from url.

---
 src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.js | 10 ++++++++++
 src/tests/backend/specs/favicon.js     |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.js b/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.js
index 4f41d8cd0..41e920d0c 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/specialpages.js
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ exports.expressPreSession = async (hookName, {app}) => {
 
   app.get('/favicon.ico', (req, res, next) => {
     (async () => {
+      /*
+        If this is a url we simply redirect to that one.
+       */
+      if (settings.favicon.startsWith('http')) {
+        res.redirect(settings.favicon);
+        res.send();
+        return;
+      }
+
+
       const fns = [
         ...(settings.favicon ? [path.resolve(settings.root, settings.favicon)] : []),
         path.join(settings.root, 'src', 'static', 'skins', settings.skinName, 'favicon.ico'),
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/favicon.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/favicon.js
index a5e3095de..98c308061 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/favicon.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/favicon.js
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     assert(gotIcon.equals(wantCustomIcon));
   });
 
+  it('uses custom favicon from url', async function () {
+    settings.favicon = 'https://etherpad.org/favicon.ico';
+    await agent.get('/favicon.ico')
+        .expect(302);
+  });
+
   it('uses custom favicon if set (absolute pathname)', async function () {
     settings.favicon = path.join(__dirname, 'favicon-test-custom.png');
     assert(path.isAbsolute(settings.favicon));