4XX Pages in Sitemap

Checks for sitemap URLs returning 4XX status codes


Rule ID	`crawl/sitemap-4xx`
Category	Crawlability
Scope	Site-wide
Severity	warning
Weight	6/10

Solution

Sitemaps should only list URLs that return 200 and are intended for indexing. Remove 4XX URLs from the sitemap or fix them by restoring the content or redirecting to a valid page. Keep sitemap entries clean to avoid wasting crawl budget.

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squirrel.toml

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[rules]
disable = ["crawl/sitemap-4xx"]

Disable all Crawlability rules

squirrel.toml

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[rules]
disable = ["crawl/*"]

Enable only this rule

squirrel.toml

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[rules]
enable = ["crawl/sitemap-4xx"]
disable = ["*"]

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