"Page with redirect" in Search Console: is it a problem?

What "Page with redirect" means

You find this row in Search Console under Indexing > Pages > Why pages aren't indexed. Every URL in it answers with a redirect (usually a 301 or 302) when Googlebot visits.

Google cannot index a redirect, because there is no page there, only a pointer. So it follows the redirect and indexes the target. The old URL lands in this row. That is the system working.

Common reasons a site has these URLs:

• The site moved from http to https, or from www to non-www (or the other way).
• A page's slug changed and the CMS added a redirect.
• Two pages were merged, and one now redirects to the other.
• A trailing slash rule sends /page to /page/.
• A shop renamed a product handle and kept a redirect.

Page with redirect vs Redirect error

They sound alike, but one is fine and the other is a block.

Google lists the redirect errors as "a redirect chain that was too long, a redirect loop, a redirect URL that eventually exceeded the max URL length, a bad or empty URL in the redirect chain." Google's crawlers follow up to 10 redirect hops (Google, HTTP status codes, updated February 2026).

3 cases that need action

1. The destination is wrong. Open a few example URLs. Does each one land on the page that replaced it? A redirect from an old product to your homepage, or a chain that ends on a 404, is a real problem. Point each old URL straight at its closest match.

2. Redirected URLs are still in your sitemap. A sitemap should list only the final URLs you want indexed. Switch the report filter to All submitted pages. If "Page with redirect" still shows up, your sitemap lists old URLs.

3. Your own pages link to redirected URLs. Menus, footers and old posts often link to the http version or an old slug. Each link adds a hop and sends a mixed signal. Update the links to the final URL.

Also check for chains: if A redirects to B and B redirects to C, change A to point straight at C.

How to clean up redirected URLs, by platform

How to check the destination is indexed

The old URL does not matter much. The target does.

1. In URL Inspection, paste the target URL, not the old one.
2. If it says "URL is on Google", you are done.
3. If the target is itself not indexed, it has its own reason. Check the hub for that reason.

You can also see the whole redirect path for any URL with our free redirect checker.

If you see this row together with "Alternate page with proper canonical tag", read what that one means. The free 13-page Page indexing fix guide covers all 17 reasons.