HTTP: 404 Error in GSC

Hello @snecz,

Thanks for reaching out!

Your sitemap at https://prodetektyw.pl/sitemap_index.xml loads fine. Can you resubmit it and see if the issue is resolved? – https://kb.yoast.com/kb/submit-sitemap-search-engines/

Hi @maybellyne . Thanks. I’ve tried few times but after it was 404 for a while GSC still shows 404. And I think there’s no option to remove sitemap now. You can only submit new one. And that doesn’t work.

@snecz We checked in Google Search Console and confirmed that the option to remove an existing sitemap is still available (see image here). To do so you would need to perform the following steps:

??In Google Search Console, go to ‘Sitemaps’ in the left hand menu
??Click on the link for sitemap_index.xml
??In the upper right, click the 3 dots to the right of ‘Open Sitemap’
??Click the ‘Remove Sitemap’ option
??On the confirmation dialog, click ‘Remove’

Once the sitemap has been removed, you can then re-submit the sitemap to Google Search Console.

@devnihil thanks a lot. You’re right, yes I can remove it. But after re-submitting I still got the same…
https://pasteboard.co/JCXz87j.png
https://pasteboard.co/JCXA3RJ.png
What’s interesting when I click Open Sitemap it really opens in new window without problems…

@snecz If resubmitting the sitemap does not resolve the warning, it may be due to a bug or issue in Google Search Console. We would recommend first checking the sitemap for any issues in a validator such as https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html, and if no issues are found, we would then recommend checking the sitemap in Google Search Console using the URL Inspection Tool.

To check whether the sitemap can be fetched using the URL Inspection Tool in Google Search Console you would need to perform the following steps:

? Click on ‘URL Inspection’ in the left hand menu
? Enter the URL of your sitemap in the entry field
? Since the sitemap is intentionally set to noindex, the page will not be in Google’s index.
? Click the ‘Test Live URL’ button
? After the Live Test is complete, check the ‘Page Fetch’ status which is located under ‘Crawl’

We also we have a guide on using the URL Inspection Tool feature here: https://yoast.com/help/fetch-as-googlebot/

If you continue to experience the ‘Couldn’t Fetch’ error, you can also reach out to Google Search Console support at the following link: https://support.google.com/webmasters/?hl=en#topic=9002753

?Also, you can create your own thread about this warning and receive assistance on resolving it by creating a post on the Google Search Console support forum at: https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/new?hl=en

We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.