See the full redirect chain, hop by hop
Trace exactly what happens between the URL you enter and where it finally lands - loops, excess hops, and protocol downgrades included.
What gets checked
Redirect loops
Catches a URL that redirects back to itself, directly or through a longer chain - something a browser will refuse to load at all.
Excess hops
Flags chains longer than one hop - each extra redirect adds latency and dilutes the SEO value passed to the final URL.
HTTPS-to-HTTP downgrades
Flags a chain that goes from a secure URL back to an insecure one - a real, uncommon misconfiguration that defeats HSTS.
How it works
Every hop safety-checked before it's followed.
Paste a URL
Any URL you suspect redirects - or want to confirm doesn't.
Each hop is followed and checked
Every redirect target is safety-checked before being followed, up to 10 hops.
See the full chain
Every hop's status code, in order, plus what to fix if something's wrong.
Frequently asked questions
More than one hop is worth investigating. A single 301 from an old URL to its replacement is normal and healthy; chains of three or more usually mean redirects have been stacked on top of each other over time without ever being cleaned up.
Each additional hop adds latency, and while modern search engines follow chains reasonably well, a long chain increases the chance a crawler gives up before reaching the final page - and it's a strictly worse experience for real visitors regardless of any ranking impact.
301 is permanent and tells search engines to transfer ranking signals to the new URL. 302 is temporary and traditionally signals "don't update your index yet." Using a 302 for what's actually a permanent move is a common, easy-to-miss mistake.
Usually leftover legacy rules - an old HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect combined with a newer rule that accidentally sends part of the chain back to HTTP. It's uncommon but worth catching, since it can undermine HSTS and trigger browser security warnings.
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