Sitemap validity monitoring fetches /sitemap.xml and verifies it is reachable and contains valid XML. A missing or broken sitemap silently stops Google from discovering new pages on your site.
⚙️How it works
Uptrue fetches /sitemap.xml from your domain on each check cycle. It verifies the response status, checks the content is valid XML (urlset or sitemapindex), and reports URL counts.
✓What Uptrue checks
- sitemap.xml HTTP accessibility
- Valid XML structure
- URL count
- Sitemap index detection
⚠Alert conditions
- sitemap.xml returns non-200 status
- Response is not valid XML
Why this matters
Framework updates, CMS changes, and server misconfigurations can break sitemap generation. Without monitoring, you won't know your sitemap is broken until you notice a rankings drop weeks later.
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?Frequently asked questions
Do you check sitemap index files?
Yes. We detect both urlset (standard) and sitemapindex (sitemap of sitemaps) formats.
Do you validate all URLs in the sitemap?
Not currently — we validate the sitemap structure and report URL counts, not individual URL accessibility.
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