diff --git a/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.test.ts b/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.test.ts
index b0f0273cfbaf9e8d681b9ae9e955bd85df095753..e8b826d7be74c5d81d3b2b73d29a5d85db51bb0f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.test.ts
@@ -115,4 +115,41 @@ describe("tryHandleProjectFaviconRequest", () => {
       expect(response.body).toBe("<svg>brand</svg>");
     });
   });
+
+  it("resolves icon link when href appears before rel in HTML", async () => {
+    const projectDir = makeTempDir("t3code-favicon-route-html-order-");
+    const iconPath = path.join(projectDir, "public", "brand", "logo.svg");
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(iconPath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(projectDir, "index.html"), '<link href="/brand/logo.svg" rel="icon">');
+    fs.writeFileSync(iconPath, "<svg>brand-html-order</svg>", "utf8");
+
+    await withRouteServer(async (baseUrl) => {
+      const pathname = `/api/project-favicon?cwd=${encodeURIComponent(projectDir)}`;
+      const response = await request(baseUrl, pathname);
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.contentType).toContain("image/svg+xml");
+      expect(response.body).toBe("<svg>brand-html-order</svg>");
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("resolves object-style icon metadata when href appears before rel", async () => {
+    const projectDir = makeTempDir("t3code-favicon-route-obj-order-");
+    const iconPath = path.join(projectDir, "public", "brand", "obj.svg");
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(iconPath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectDir, "src"), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectDir, "src", "root.tsx"),
+      'const links = [{ href: "/brand/obj.svg", rel: "icon" }];',
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(iconPath, "<svg>brand-obj-order</svg>", "utf8");
+
+    await withRouteServer(async (baseUrl) => {
+      const pathname = `/api/project-favicon?cwd=${encodeURIComponent(projectDir)}`;
+      const response = await request(baseUrl, pathname);
+      expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(response.contentType).toContain("image/svg+xml");
+      expect(response.body).toBe("<svg>brand-obj-order</svg>");
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.ts b/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.ts
index 5b224ca56f46cb679aebc02489f7d16bbacbf8cc..4d66f0e86f3156ef6c7f194969acbab0b0ac2ea5 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/projectFaviconRoute.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ const ICON_SOURCE_FILES = [
   "src/index.html",
 ];
 
-// Matches <link rel="icon" href="..."> or { rel: "icon", href: "..." } patterns.
-const LINK_ICON_HTML_RE = /<link[^>]*rel=["'](?:icon|shortcut icon)["'][^>]*href=["']([^"'?]+)/i;
-const LINK_ICON_OBJ_RE = /rel:\s*["'](?:icon|shortcut icon)["'][^}]*href:\s*["']([^"'?]+)/i;
+// Matches <link ...> tags or object-like icon metadata where rel/href can appear in any order.
+const LINK_ICON_HTML_RE =
+  /<link\b(?=[^>]*\brel=["'](?:icon|shortcut icon)["'])(?=[^>]*\bhref=["']([^"'?]+))[^>]*>/i;
+const LINK_ICON_OBJ_RE =
+  /(?=[^}]*\brel\s*:\s*["'](?:icon|shortcut icon)["'])(?=[^}]*\bhref\s*:\s*["']([^"'?]+))[^}]*/i;
 
 function extractIconHref(source: string): string | null {
   const htmlMatch = source.match(LINK_ICON_HTML_RE);