URL: /rules/crawl/sitemap-4xx

---
title: "4XX Pages in Sitemap"
description: "Checks for sitemap URLs returning 4XX status codes"
---

Checks for sitemap URLs returning 4XX status codes

| | |
|---|---|
| **Rule ID** | `crawl/sitemap-4xx` |
| **Category** | [Crawlability](/rules/crawl) |
| **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.

## Enable / Disable

### Disable this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["crawl/sitemap-4xx"]
```

### Disable all Crawlability rules

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["crawl/*"]
```

### Enable only this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["crawl/sitemap-4xx"]
disable = ["*"]
```