# Apache: [core:info] AH00128: File does not exist: /var/www/html/favicon.ico (404)

**Code:** `AH00128: File does not exist` · **Category:** Nginx / Apache · **Seen on:** Apache, Linux

The requested file isn't in the DocumentRoot — a normal 404 entry in the Apache error log.

## Meaning

If the URL should work: check the file name case, DocumentRoot, deployment, and rewrites. For `favicon.ico`, `robots.txt` etc. it's just browsers/bots asking — add the file or ignore the entry. With frameworks, missing rewrite to `index.php` also produces this.

## Common causes

- File missing or wrong case
- Wrong DocumentRoot
- Rewrite to front controller not working
- Bots probing common paths
- Stale links

## Quick fix

1. Create/deploy the file or fix the link
2. Ensure `.htaccess` rewrite to index.php works (`AllowOverride All`)
3. Ignore bot noise (or block with rules)

## Detailed fix by platform

### Linux

1. `sudo grep AH00128 /var/log/apache2/error.log | awk '{print $NF}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head`

## How to diagnose

1. **Path** — Should exist?
2. **Case** — Matches?
3. **Rewrite** — Working?

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Source: [WhatIsMyError](https://whatismyerror.com/errors/nginx-apache/apache-ah00128-file-does-not-exist)