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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\system\Functional\Page;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests default HTML metatags on a page.
+ *
+ * @group Page
+ */
+class DefaultMetatagsTest extends BrowserTestBase {
+
+ /**
+ * Tests meta tags.
+ */
+ public function testMetaTag() {
+ $this->drupalGet('');
+ // Ensures that the charset metatag is on the page.
+ $result = $this->xpath('//meta[@charset="utf-8"]');
+ $this->assertEqual(count($result), 1);
+
+ // Ensure that the charset one is the first metatag.
+ $result = $this->xpath('//meta');
+ $this->assertEqual((string) $result[0]->getAttribute('charset'), 'utf-8');
+
+ // Ensure that the shortcut icon is on the page.
+ $result = $this->xpath('//link[@rel = "shortcut icon"]');
+ $this->assertEqual(count($result), 1, 'The shortcut icon is present.');
+ }
+
+}