Redirect chains

URLs that redirect through multiple hops (e.g. /old → /new → /final). Extra hops add requests and can complicate crawling.

Fix: Update redirects to point directly to the final destination.

Choosing a correction

Read the requested URL, intermediate responses and final destination. Decide whether the chain is intentional, such as a necessary host or scheme change, or whether old rules can point directly to the final URL. Confirm that the final page is appropriate and does not introduce a loop or access restriction.

Update links and sitemap entries to the intended final canonical URL where appropriate. Flowpane observes the chain; it does not rewrite your web-server rules automatically. After the responsible maintainer publishes a correction, rerun the crawl and compare the observed response.