Free Tool
Redirect Checker
Trace the full redirect path for any URL. See every hop, its status code, and where it finally lands, and catch loops or long chains that slow visitors down. No signup needed.
How it works
Three steps, no signup.
No crawlers, no cached data. Every trace follows the URL you name live, one hop at a time, the moment you ask.
Enter any URL
Type a URL and run the trace. We request it and watch for a redirect response instead of loading the page in a browser.
We follow every hop
Each redirect points at the next URL, so we follow the chain one hop at a time, up to ten hops. We record the status code and destination at each step.
See the whole path
You get every hop with its status code, the final URL the chain lands on, and a warning if it detects a redirect loop.
What is a redirect chain?
A redirect chain is what happens when one URL sends the browser to another, which sends it to another, and so on before the final page loads. Each step is a hop. A single redirect is normal and healthy. A long chain of several hops means every visitor and every search crawler has to make extra round trips before they reach real content.
Why do too many redirects hurt SEO and speed?
Every hop adds a full network round trip, so a chain of three or four redirects can add noticeable delay before anything renders, which is worst on mobile connections. Search engines also spend part of their crawl budget following the chain and can dilute the ranking signals passed along it. Collapsing a chain down to a single redirect fixes both problems.
What is the difference between a 301 and a 302?
A 301 is a permanent redirect: it tells browsers and search engines that the page has moved for good and that ranking signals should transfer to the new URL. A 302 is temporary and signals that the original URL will return, so search engines keep indexing the old address. Use a 301 when you have permanently moved a page and a 302 only for genuinely temporary detours.
Can Sentinel catch broken redirects for me?
Yes. Sentinel follows your URLs on every monitoring run and alerts you when a redirect starts pointing somewhere unexpected, loops, or lands on an error. That catches the redirect mistakes that quietly break sign-up links and campaign URLs before your visitors do.
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