Still not resolved by any updates!

If you have sync, and there is a problem anywhere, Shut Down Sync Immediately On All Devices to prevent the problem from spreading. Once the problem is fixed, perform the same repair on all computers/profiles before using sync again.

[v57+] Places Maintenance is built into Firefox.

Type about:support<enter> in the address bar.

You will find Places Database near the bottom. Press the Verify Integrity button.

When done, copy and post the results here.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

Sounds that yo have a problem with favicons.sqlite and possibly places.sqlite.

If errors are reported with "Verify Integrity", close and restart Firefox or reboot and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed. Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder, you lose all history when a new places.sqlite is created.

• keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

You need to revisit a website to make Firefox retrieve the favicon.

See also:

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

• Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
  Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

If you have sync, and there is a problem anywhere, Shut Down Sync Immediately On All Devices to prevent the problem from spreading. Once the problem is fixed, perform the same repair on all computers/profiles before using sync again. [v57+] Places Maintenance is built into Firefox. Type about:support<enter> in the address bar. You will find Places Database near the bottom. Press the Verify Integrity button. When done, copy and post the results here. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional

Here is the Verify information:

> Task: checkIntegrity + The places.sqlite database is sane + The favicons.sqlite database is sane > Task: invalidateCaches + The caches have been invalidated > Task: checkCoherence + The database is coherent > Task: expire + Database cleaned up > Task: originFrecencyStats + Recalculated origin frecency stats > Task: vacuum + Initial database size is 10240KiB + The database has been vacuumed + Final database size is 10240KiB > Task: stats + Places.sqlite size is 10240KiB + Favicons.sqlite size is 17216KiB + pragma_user_version is 54 + pragma_page_size is 32768 + pragma_cache_size is -2048 + pragma_journal_mode is wal + pragma_synchronous is 1 + History can store a maximum of 116165 unique pages + Table moz_origins has 2198 records + Table moz_places has 13852 records + Table moz_historyvisits has 20601 records + Table moz_inputhistory has 56 records + Table moz_bookmarks has 1576 records + Table moz_bookmarks_deleted has 0 records + Table moz_keywords has 0 records + Table sqlite_sequence has 1 records + Table moz_anno_attributes has 3 records + Table moz_annos has 94 records + Table moz_items_annos has 0 records + Table moz_meta has 8 records + Table sqlite_stat1 has 17 records + Index sqlite_autoindex_moz_origins_1 + Index sqlite_autoindex_moz_inputhistory_1 + Index sqlite_autoindex_moz_bookmarks_deleted_1 + Index sqlite_autoindex_moz_keywords_1 + Index sqlite_autoindex_moz_anno_attributes_1 + Index moz_places_url_hashindex + Index moz_places_hostindex + Index moz_places_visitcount + Index moz_places_frecencyindex + Index moz_places_lastvisitdateindex + Index moz_places_guid_uniqueindex + Index moz_places_originidindex + Index moz_historyvisits_placedateindex + Index moz_historyvisits_fromindex + Index moz_historyvisits_dateindex + Index moz_bookmarks_itemindex + Index moz_bookmarks_parentindex + Index moz_bookmarks_itemlastmodifiedindex + Index moz_bookmarks_dateaddedindex + Index moz_bookmarks_guid_uniqueindex + Index moz_keywords_placepostdata_uniqueindex + Index moz_annos_placeattributeindex + Index moz_items_annos_itemattributeindex > Task: _refreshUI

The report looks good. Is the problem still there?

You need to revisit a website to make Firefox retrieve the favicon.

The report looks good. Is the problem still there?

The problem is still there...here is a new bookmark that I added, https://www.duracelldirect.com.au/ , can you try it and see if it works for you.

It has the Favicon on the tab but won't change it on the bookmark.

The report looks good. Is the problem still there?

cor-el said

You need to revisit a website to make Firefox retrieve the favicon.

I posted a reply but it needs a moderator to review it nefore it's posted but it basically says the problem is still there.

I also asked if you could try this new website that I added to bookmarks today which doesn't work, https://www.duracelldirect.com.au/

Thanks.

Last reply by Hawkeye 2 hours ago

Sorry, current forum security sometimes delays the posting of messages. And in turn, we are not notified of those posts.

I'm not getting a favicon if I bookmark that link, so this is one of the cases where Firefox doesn't support the way the website specifies the favicon.

You can try this extension for cases where you do not get the favicon for a bookmark.

• Cache Favicons for Bookmarks https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cache-favicons-for-bookmarks/

I'm not getting a favicon if I bookmark that link, so this is one of the cases where Firefox doesn't support the way the website specifies the favicon. You can try this extension for cases where you do not get the favicon for a bookmark.

• Cache Favicons for Bookmarks https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cache-favicons-for-bookmarks/

That's good to know as I assumed that all sites would update the favicon if they had one.

I have added the extension and that works well, so thanks for that.

A very big thanks to both of you for all your help getting this resolved and I can now flag it as solved.