Sitemap errors reference
Errors
List of errors that occur when processing the sitemapfile.
| Error | Description |
|---|---|
| Not indexed. | Failed to download sitemap file. File URL might be incorrect. |
| Maximum file size exceeded | The Sitemap file size exceeds 50 MB. |
| HTTP error | When trying to download the sitemap file, an HTTP status other than 200 was received. |
| Invalid URL | Invalid URL of the sitemap file is specified. |
| Connection lost | Server terminated connection when loading the sitemap file. |
| DNS error | Failed to download the file because of DNS error. File URL might be incorrect. |
| Connection failed | The Sitemap file failed to download, because the server connection failed. |
| The URL is forbidden in robots.txt | The URL of the sitemap file is prohibited in the robots.txt file and therefore it could not be downloaded. Check the correctness of the robots.txt file and thesitemap file address. |
| Incorrect HTTP response | Sitemap file failed to load because the web server response doesn't match HTTP protocol. |
| Response contains no data | When downloading the sitemap file, the server returned an empty document. |
| Extraction error | An error occurred while unpacking the Sitemap file compressed with gzip. |
| Tag found more than once | The specified tag should occur in the given context only once. |
| Unknown tag | The specified tag should not occur in the given context. |
| Tag not found | Required tag is missing. |
| Incorrect page address | The URL does not match to the standard. |
| Incorrect URL (doesn't match the Sitemap file location) | The location of the Sitemap file determines the set of URLs that you can include in this file. A file located in a directory must contain a URL from the same directory or its subdirectories. For details, see Sitemap file location. |
| URL too long | URL length exceeds the limit (1024 characters). |
| Tag cannot be empty | The specified tag must not be empty. |
| Tag cannot contain other tags | The specified tag must not contain nested tags. |
| Data limit exceeded | The specified tag contains too much data. |
| Tag empty | The specified tag doesn't contain necessary data. |
| Wrong encoding | The Sitemap file doesn't start with the correct UTF-8 prefix (0xEF 0xBB 0xBF). It should start with the |
| Invalid XML | The sitemap file is not a well-formed XML document complying with XML syntax rules. |
| Too many errors (processing terminated) | There are more than 100 errors found in the Sitemap file. Further processing of the file was terminated. |
| URL limit exceeded | The Sitemap file can contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs. If you need to list more than 50,000 URLs, you should create several Sitemap files and include them in the Sitemap index file (see Using Sitemap index files). |
| The number of Sitemap files exceeds the limit | The Sitemap index file can contain a maximum of 50000 URLs of Sitemap files. |
| Multiple incorrect URLs in file (processing terminated) | Sitemap file begins with consecutive incorrect URLs. Further processing of the file was terminated because the file is likely to have invalid format. |
| A sitemap index file cannot contain links to other sitemap index files | The Sitemap index file can only contain references to sitemapfiles, not to other sitemap index files. |
| Root tag error | An error occurred while processing the root tag. |
| Error | Description |
|---|---|
| Not indexed. | Failed to download sitemap file. File URL might be incorrect. |
| Maximum file size exceeded | The Sitemap file size exceeds 50 MB. |
| HTTP error | When trying to download the sitemap file, an HTTP status other than 200 was received. |
| Invalid URL | Invalid URL of the sitemap file is specified. |
| Connection lost | Server terminated connection when loading the sitemap file. |
| DNS error | Failed to download the file because of DNS error. File URL might be incorrect. |
| Connection failed | The Sitemap file failed to download, because the server connection failed. |
| The URL is forbidden in robots.txt | The URL of the sitemap file is prohibited in the robots.txt file and therefore it could not be downloaded. Check the correctness of the robots.txt file and thesitemap file address. |
| Incorrect HTTP response | Sitemap file failed to load because the web server response doesn't match HTTP protocol. |
| Response contains no data | When downloading the sitemap file, the server returned an empty document. |
| Extraction error | An error occurred while unpacking the Sitemap file compressed with gzip. |
| Tag found more than once | The specified tag should occur in the given context only once. |
| Unknown tag | The specified tag should not occur in the given context. |
| Tag not found | Required tag is missing. |
| Incorrect page address | The URL does not match to the standard. |
| Incorrect URL (doesn't match the Sitemap file location) | The location of the Sitemap file determines the set of URLs that you can include in this file. A file located in a directory must contain a URL from the same directory or its subdirectories. For details, see Sitemap file location. |
| URL too long | URL length exceeds the limit (1024 characters). |
| Tag cannot be empty | The specified tag must not be empty. |
| Tag cannot contain other tags | The specified tag must not contain nested tags. |
| Data limit exceeded | The specified tag contains too much data. |
| Tag empty | The specified tag doesn't contain necessary data. |
| Wrong encoding | The Sitemap file doesn't start with the correct UTF-8 prefix (0xEF 0xBB 0xBF). It should start with the |
| Invalid XML | The sitemap file is not a well-formed XML document complying with XML syntax rules. |
| Too many errors (processing terminated) | There are more than 100 errors found in the Sitemap file. Further processing of the file was terminated. |
| URL limit exceeded | The Sitemap file can contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs. If you need to list more than 50,000 URLs, you should create several Sitemap files and include them in the Sitemap index file (see Using Sitemap index files). |
| The number of Sitemap files exceeds the limit | The Sitemap index file can contain a maximum of 50000 URLs of Sitemap files. |
| Multiple incorrect URLs in file (processing terminated) | Sitemap file begins with consecutive incorrect URLs. Further processing of the file was terminated because the file is likely to have invalid format. |
| A sitemap index file cannot contain links to other sitemap index files | The Sitemap index file can only contain references to sitemapfiles, not to other sitemap index files. |
| Root tag error | An error occurred while processing the root tag. |
Warnings
The list of warnings that occur when processing the sitemap files
| Warning | Description |
|---|---|
| Encoding not UTF-8 | UTF-8 prefix (0xEF 0xBB 0xBF) is missing. |
| Unknown tag (ignored) | Unexpected tag was detected. It may be a Sitemap protocol extension. The tag is ignored. |
| Unknown text (ignored) | An unexpected text was detected during the processing. The text is ignored. |
| Unknown attribute (ignored) | An unexpected attribute was detected during the processing. The attribute is ignored. |
| Too many warnings (warnings terminated) | More than 100 warning were generated when processing the sitemap file. Warning are not displayed any more. |
| Empty line (ignored) | Empty line was detected when processing the sitemap file. |
| Incorrect URL (doesn't correspond to Sitemap index file location) | The Sitemap index file can include the URLs of sitemap files located on the same site. For details, see Using Sitemap index files |
| Invalid URL priority format | Priority must be a number from 0.0 to 1.0. For details, see XML tag definitions. |
| Tag must contain data | The specified tag must contain data. |
| A tag cannot contain other tags | The specified tag cannot contain child tags. |
| Too much data in tag | The specified tag contains too much data. |
| Tag empty | Required data is missing in the specified tag. |
Invalid lastmod tag value | The |
| Warning | Description |
|---|---|
| Encoding not UTF-8 | UTF-8 prefix (0xEF 0xBB 0xBF) is missing. |
| Unknown tag (ignored) | Unexpected tag was detected. It may be a Sitemap protocol extension. The tag is ignored. |
| Unknown text (ignored) | An unexpected text was detected during the processing. The text is ignored. |
| Unknown attribute (ignored) | An unexpected attribute was detected during the processing. The attribute is ignored. |
| Too many warnings (warnings terminated) | More than 100 warning were generated when processing the sitemap file. Warning are not displayed any more. |
| Empty line (ignored) | Empty line was detected when processing the sitemap file. |
| Incorrect URL (doesn't correspond to Sitemap index file location) | The Sitemap index file can include the URLs of sitemap files located on the same site. For details, see Using Sitemap index files |
| Invalid URL priority format | Priority must be a number from 0.0 to 1.0. For details, see XML tag definitions. |
| Tag must contain data | The specified tag must contain data. |
| A tag cannot contain other tags | The specified tag cannot contain child tags. |
| Too much data in tag | The specified tag contains too much data. |
| Tag empty | Required data is missing in the specified tag. |
Invalid lastmod tag value | The |
