Lots of 404 errors for first time users

[colinrotherham]

Bug Report

What is the issue?

Do we definitely need to log all the 404 errors, especially for first time users

The following errors are logged at startup:

Error: Page not found: /nhsuk-frontend/stylesheets/application.min.css
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)
Error: Page not found: /nhsuk-frontend/javascripts/application.min.js
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)
Error: Page not found: /nhsuk-frontend/stylesheets/nhsuk-frontend.min.css
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)
Error: Page not found: /nhsuk-frontend/javascripts/nhsuk-frontend.min.js
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)
Error: Page not found: /apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)
Error: Page not found: /apple-touch-icon.png
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)
Error: Page not found: /favicon.ico
    at /path/to/project/app.js:242:15
    at Layer.handleRequest (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/lib/layer.js:152:17)
    at trimPrefix (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:342:13)
    at /path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:297:9
    at processParams (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:582:12)
    at Immediate.next (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:291:5)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/router/index.js:688:15)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:507:21)

What steps are required to reproduce the issue?

Open http://localhost:3000 after running:

npm run watch

What was the environment where this issue occurred?

N/A

[joelanman]

wouldn't it be better to fix why these requests are made?