Sitemap error: W3 + Cloudflare

Resolved claxroma
(@claxroma)

5 years, 5 months ago
Hi all, since I started to cache with W3 and Cloudflare, the sitemap on Google Search Console is not working anymore for the following websites:

– https://ibomberdellaroma.it/sitemap_index.xml
– https://thebookadvisor.it/sitemap_index.xml

GSC returns empty sitemap.

Do not process 404 errors for static objects with WordPress is not enabled.

I already filled the following code in Never minify the following pages: field:
sitemap(_index)?\.xml(\.gz)?
[a-z0-9_\-]*sitemap[a-z0-9_\-]*\.(xml|xsl|html)(\.gz)?
([a-z0-9_\-]*)?\.xml

How could I fix this issue?
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Thank you for your attention.

Kind Regards

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Suwash Kunwar
(@suascat_wp)

5 years, 5 months ago

@claxroma

We’re sorry to hear that you’re having a sitemap error in Google Search Console.

To address this, we suggest the following actions:

1. Delete your sitemap in Google. Doing so will not hurt the SEO of the site. This guide explains more (scroll to the bottom): https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183669?hl=en.

2. Submit the sitemap again. Be sure to submit only sitemap_index.xml and nothing else. This guide explains more: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/submit-sitemap-search-engines/.

3. Monitor the results to see if the issue is resolved. It can take some time before Google can report on the crawled URLs after you re-submit your sitemap, especially for large sites like yours. Google Search Console reports are not real-time.

Please let us know if you have any questions; we’re happy to help.

Thread Starter claxroma
(@claxroma)

5 years, 5 months ago

Thank you @suascat_wp,

I tried several times to delete and submit the sitemaps, but it is not working.

GSC sometimes accepts them (sitemap_index.xml) but has problems with the internal ones (i.e. https://thebookadvisor.it/post-sitemap1.xml).

How could I fix this?

Kind Regards.

Rumejan
(@onlyincebu)

5 years, 5 months ago

Hello @claxroma!

It appears that W3 Total Cache is caching your sitemap. Please add an exclusion for the sitemap files. You may refer to this article: https://yoast.com/help/exclude-sitemaps-from-cache/

Thread Starter claxroma
(@claxroma)

5 years, 5 months ago

Thank you @onlyincebu,

I already excluded the sitemap files.

If you refresh the sitemaps

view-source:https://thebookadvisor.it/sitemap_index.xml
view-source:https://ibomberdellaroma.it/sitemap_index.xml

you could see they would be generated every time (the timestamp is updated live) and in the comments you could find

Page Caching using disk: enhanced (Requested URI is rejected)
Minified using disk (Request URI is rejected)

so it seems it is not cached or minified.

Could it be a cloudflare problem?

Kind Regards,

devnihil
(@devnihil)

5 years, 5 months ago

@claxroma Have you tried excluding the specific sitemap URL from Cloudflare. You can find more information on how to exclude a URL from Cloudlfare here: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172316-How-do-I-include-or-exclude-a-specific-URL-from-Cloudflare-s-page-rules-

devnihil
(@devnihil)

5 years, 5 months ago

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

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