GSC could not fetch our sitemap

Hello Juan,

Thanks for using the Yoast SEO plugin.

Unfortunately, Google doesn’t provide any more information about why they cannot read the sitemap. The sitemap loads correctly in the browser.

1. Are you submitting the correct sitemap URL of sitemap_index.xml?
2. Does Google see the sitemap when checking the URL in the Structured Data Testing Tool?
3. Does the URL inspection tool‘s live test show any errors with the sitemap URL? If yes, please resolve the errors.
4. Did you submit the sitemap to the Google Search Console profile that matches the preferred URL format? Your site has HTTPS/non-WWW format

If you’ve checked everything above, please contact Google for further assistance here.

Hi Maybellyne,

Unfortunately, Google doesn’t provide any more information about why they cannot read the sitemap. The sitemap loads correctly in the browser.
-> In that case, how we could index our sitemap? & how could we know why Google is not fetching our Yoast sitemap?

1. Are you submitting the correct sitemap URL of?sitemap_index.xml?
   -> Yes (thttps://snipboard.io/Bg61EA.jpg)
2. Does Google see the sitemap when checking the URL in the?Structured Data Testing Tool?
   -> I saw these data https://snipboard.io/KalmXU.jpg
3. Does the?URL inspection tool‘s live test show any errors with the sitemap URL?
   -> No (https://snipboard.io/XjDH2q.jpg)
4. Did you submit the sitemap to the Google Search Console profile that matches the preferred URL format?
   -> Yes (https://snipboard.io/4dyaRm.jpg)

If you’ve checked everything above, please contact Google for further assistance?here.
-> One of our team member already did but we didn’t get any solution. (https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/214802551)

Thank you,

Google doesn’t provide any more information about why they cannot read the sitemap

Google responds with ‘couldn’t fetch’; that’s not helpful enough. That’s what I meant by Google not providing information about why they can’t read the sitemap

Does the?URL inspection tool‘s live test show any errors with the sitemap URL?

What you tested is your homepage URL, and you can see that page was fetched. No referring sitemap means the URL wasn’t discovered from your sitemap but elsewhere on the web

One of our team member already did but we didn’t get any solution. (https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/214802551)

Your post back then was about sitemap.xml, which Yoast SEO doesn’t generate. Also, sitemaps couldn’t fetch is a recurrent issue posted in the Google Search Central Help Community, and it’s believed to be an issue with Google Search Console. You can search the community yourself.

If your sitemaps load fine in the browser, the problem is with Google, not your sitemap file. Some other users in the community have reported success when they submit the non-pretty permalink version of the sitemap: https://domain.com/?sitemap=1

Hello Maybellyne,

We already redirected sitemap.xml to sitemap_index.xml but when I added sitemap.xml in GSC, it successfully fetched. You can check the screenshot (https://snipboard.io/0FewUK.jpg). I’m not sure why it showing Oct 22, 2022 under last read.

I also checked this sitemap.xml file. It showing me wrong information https://snipboard.io/92XNAh.jpg.

We successfully resolved our website & server side cache as well. Still the problem is same.

May I know why GSC is still fetching wrongsitemap.xml file even if we have redirected it to sitemap_index.xml file.

Thank you,

I’m not sure why it showing Oct 22, 2022 under last read.

That’s the last time Google crawled the sitemap, though you re-submitted it on May 30, 2023. The success status doesn’t mean all URLs in the sitemap have been crawled all over again. It’s a status to acknowledge your submission not the status of crawling. It has also been said in the community that Google Search Console shows ‘Pending’ as ‘couldnt fetch’?incorrectly.?Meaning, it’s not that it can’t fetch the sitemap; crawling is just pending

May I know why GSC is still fetching wrongsitemap.xml?file even if we have redirected it to?sitemap_index.xml?file

There’s an expected 301 redirect from https://anbstudio.asia/sitemap.xml to https://anbstudio.asia/sitemap_index.xml. Those individual sitemaps in your screenshot don’t exist; Google shows you the status from the last time /sitemap.xml/ was crawled.

Also, submitting multiple sitemap indexes to the console is not advisable; you must stick to one. That’s why I recommended submitting the non-pretty permalink version of the sitemap – https://anbstudio.asia/?sitemap=1 and see if that makes a difference

Hello @maybellyne,

We have already redirected https://anbstudio.asia/sitemap.xml to https://anbstudio.asia/sitemap_index.xml.

Our team also checked “https://anbstudio.asia/?sitemap=1” but it gives us same error.

So, is there any way to resolve this issue because it affects our performance milestone.

Thank you

Hello Juan,

As I mentioned before, it’s known that couldn’t fetch could mean pending. So please allow a few more days since you just resubmitted https://anbstudio.asia/?sitemap=1”.

Hello @maybellyne,

Ok. I already did submitted my sitemap a week ago with this format https://anbstudio.asia/?sitemap=1. Also resubmitted it before few days ago. May I know the estimate time because client is chasing us & we don’t have the exact answer.

If you have any connection in Google. Can you please check them with them for this issue or you can provide us contact details then our specialist will with check them.

Hope you can understand my situation & help us to resolve the issue.

Thank you

I don’t have an estimate of how long it takes. Please contact Google for further assistance?here.