Free technical SEO tool
Sitemap error checker
Diagnose a public XML sitemap, then check individual URLs for HTTP errors, redirects, noindex directives and canonical conflicts. Get evidence you can verify, not a made-up indexing score.
How to check your XML sitemap for errors
- Enter a public sitemap URL, such as https://example.com/sitemap.xml, and inspect its XML structure.
- For a sitemap index, the checker reads up to three child files and explicitly reports skipped or failed children.
- Select a batch of up to ten same-origin page URLs to check for HTTP status, redirects, noindex and canonical conflicts.
- Review each finding and download the results as a CSV. Recheck the URLs after fixing their underlying problem.
What this checker can and cannot confirm
A successful HTTP response does not prove Google indexed a page. Noindex and canonical tags describe a page's hints, not its final search-engine status. Redirects and different canonical addresses can be intentional, so the tool marks those for review rather than claiming they are always errors.
The checker reads a limited public sample, not every URL in your sitemap. It cannot identify truly orphaned URLs without crawling internal links and does not access your Google Search Console data. Pages refusing our crawler with HTTP 403 or 429 are marked unverified, not broken.
Common sitemap failures
If the XML cannot be fetched, first check its public HTTP status and whether the server returns actual XML rather than an HTML error page. If an index points at child files that fail, inspect those individual files. If the sitemap contains redirected or noindexed pages, update the canonical URL list when appropriate.
Related guides: Couldn't fetch sitemap, Child sitemap errors, Sitemap has errors, and Sitemap URL extractor.
Frequently asked questions
Does a 200 status mean my URL is indexed?
No. It only means our crawler received a successful HTTP response during this check. Verify indexing in Google Search Console.
Why are some URLs marked unverified?
Timeouts, security rules, request size limits and temporary HTTP errors can prevent a reliable page check. The tool does not turn those into confirmed defects.
Does this submit my sitemap to Google?
No. This checks public URLs. Submit a sitemap separately in Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools.