Monitoring Redirects After Go-Live: What to Watch in the First Days After Launch
Launch is the beginning of verification
Redirect logic can look correct in preproduction and still fail under real traffic after release. Cached rules, forgotten legacy paths, and unexpected entry pages usually show up only after users and bots hit the site.
What to watch first
Monitor 404 spikes, redirect loops, extra hops, top landing pages from logs, and URLs that still receive backlinks. Compare expected redirects with what the edge and browser actually deliver.
Practical workflow
Keep a post-launch watchlist for critical URLs, re-run redirect checks daily, and fix regressions before they spread across templates or markets. Fast monitoring prevents a small miss from becoming a large indexing problem.
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