Why does Search Console show “Page with redirect” when the live test is green?

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That usually means Search Console is comparing two different snapshots: the Page indexing report remembers a crawl where the URL redirected, while the live test follows the redirect and tests the destination now. “Page with redirect” is normal for the old/non-canonical URL; Google doesn’t index that redirecting URL, and the final target may be indexed instead. Check the report’s last-crawl date, then inspect the final destination URL directly. If the redirect is intentional, make sure your sitemap and internal links point at that final URL and give Google time to recrawl. If it isn’t intentional, check the actual HTTP redirect chain and anything that varies it by protocol, host, device, language, cookies, or CDN rules.

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