Chrome Dev Tool Network Request Caching Bug

Load Image via `console.log` CSS Background

Click this button to load the image as a background in a console log statement.

The image appears in the console but it does not appear as a request on the network request tab.


Load Image in DOM

Click this button to load the image into the DOM:

You will see the image appear in the network request tab. If you clicked the other button first you will notice that the image is already cached.