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XML Sitemap Not Generating or Returning an Error

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Site Dropped From Google Search / Not Indexed
- Not Indexed – ‘Discourage Search Engines’ or a noindex Tag Left On After Launch
- robots.txt Blocking Crawlers or Blocking CSS/JS Assets
- Sudden Drop in Search Rankings
- XML Sitemap Not Generating or Returning an Error

Symptom

sitemap.xml 404s, is empty, or throws an XML parsing error when submitted to Search Console.

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Module: SEO & Indexing
Tags: seo, sitemap
Last Updated: 18 August 2026

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