Hi @rumenyanev ,
We understand that you are receiving a ‘General HTTP error’ on your sitemap_index.xml when submitted through Google Search Console. Can you please provide us with your sitemap so we can check?
@rumenyanev Thanks for your reply. We checked on the sitemap and confirmed that it is loading as expected and accessible. 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://kb.yoast.com/kb/fetch-as-googlebot/
Thank you very much for your help!
