Failure Detection

Catch redirect loops before browsers and crawlers give up

Run a redirect loop checker to find circular redirect paths, repeated destinations and chains that never resolve to a stable final URL.

Redirect loops are easy to miss in configuration-heavy environments because each single rule can look correct in isolation while the combined path breaks in production.

What This Page Covers
Stops safely when a previously seen URL reappears in the chain
Marks loop conditions as critical issues in the result summary
Helps isolate where circular behavior starts inside a longer redirect path
Common Use Cases
Debug loops created by CMS rules, app routing and reverse proxy config.
Verify that locale, slash and protocol redirects do not point back into themselves.
Document loop failures clearly when they need engineering cleanup.
FAQ

What is a redirect loop?

A redirect loop happens when a redirect path leads back to a previously visited URL, so the browser or crawler keeps cycling instead of reaching a final destination.

Why are redirect loops bad for SEO?

Search engines cannot reliably crawl or consolidate signals through a loop. Users also hit browser errors, which makes the page effectively unavailable.