Your sitemap index

Hello, I’m sorry to hear that you’re experiencing this issue with your sitemap. The error message you’re seeing usually indicates that there might be an issue with the formatting of your sitemap file.

To resolve this issue, you can follow these steps:

1. Ensure that your sitemap file is using the correct header, as shown below:

2. Make sure the namespace in the header ends with 0.9. If it ends with .9, you may encounter an error.

3. Check that you’re using the right quotation marks to enclose XML attributes, using either straight single or double quotes only. Curly quotes may result in an error.

If the error persists, you can also check your sitemap’s status code using the httpstatus tool. If the status code is 200 for the sitemaps, ensure to redirect all the XML sitemap variations to the final variation of the XML Sitemap.

After making these changes, clear your website cache and try to submit your sitemap in the Google Search Console again. This should help resolve the issue.

If you need further assistance, feel free to reach out to us by assigning this ticket to a human agent using the available buttons. Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention!

Sources:
Troubleshooting the “Couldn’t Fetch” Error in Google Search Console » Rank Math
Indexed, Not Submitted in Sitemap – Google Search Console » Rank Math
Why the Sitemap_Index.xml is Throwing a 404 Error » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math

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