Trakis

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Search Console statuses, explained

Every status in the Page indexing report, word for word as the report shows it, and where to read more: a full guide where we have written one, and the Trakis checks that explain it.

Guides

One status per page: what Google means by it, when you can ignore it, and how to fix the cases that matter.

Why pages aren’t indexed

The statusRead more
Server error (5xx)Checks that explain it: Response other than 200
Redirect errorChecks that explain it: Redirect chain
URL blocked by robots.txtOur guide · Checks that explain it: Sitemap URLs blocked by robots.txt, Internal links to pages blocked by robots.txt
URL marked 'noindex'Checks that explain it: Sitemap lists pages that should not be there, meta robots noindex, X-Robots-Tag noindex header, Page with traffic, without a canonical or with noindex
Soft 404No Trakis check finds its cause; Google’s help explains it.
Blocked due to unauthorized request (401)Checks that explain it: Response other than 200
Not found (404)Checks that explain it: Response other than 200, Sitemap lists pages that should not be there, Internal links to dead pages
Blocked due to access forbidden (403)Checks that explain it: Response other than 200
URL blocked due to other 4xx issueChecks that explain it: Response other than 200
Crawled - currently not indexedNo Trakis check finds its cause; Google’s help explains it.
Discovered - currently not indexedNo Trakis check finds its cause; Google’s help explains it.
Alternate page with proper canonical tagOur guide · Checks that explain it: URL with session parameters, Sitemap lists pages that should not be there, Canonical to another page, Relative canonical
Duplicate without user-selected canonicalOur guide · Checks that explain it: URL with session parameters, The site is published on two addresses, http:// serves the site instead of redirecting to https://, Sitemap lists pages that should not be there, Canonical missing, Relative canonical, The domain is a mirror of another domain, Pages that repeat each other’s text
Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than userChecks that explain it: Canonical to another page
Page with redirectChecks that explain it: The site is published on two addresses, http:// serves the site instead of redirecting to https://, Sitemap lists pages that should not be there, Internal links written to another address of the site

Indexed, with a warning

The statusRead more
Indexed, though blocked by robots.txtChecks that explain it: Sitemap URLs blocked by robots.txt, Internal links to pages blocked by robots.txt
Page indexed without contentNo Trakis check finds its cause; Google’s help explains it.

Where these come from

The statuses are copied from Google’s help for the Page indexing report. A check is listed against a status only when what it finds leads to that status, or fixing it does, never just because the two sound alike. To find them on yours, create a free account and add your site.

Last changed 13 October 2026.