Page With Redirect in Google Search Console: Fix or Ignore?

Google classifies redirecting URLs as non-indexed because they are not final destination pages. This is normal for URL variants such as HTTP to HTTPS, www to non-www, old slugs to new slugs, or trailing-slash normalization.

Ignore the status when all variants redirect with a permanent redirect to your preferred canonical URL, and the destination URL is indexable. Example: http://www.example.com/ redirecting to https://example.com/ is expected behavior, not a defect.

Fix issues when redirects chain multiple hops, produce loops, point to unrelated destinations, or when your sitemap lists redirecting URLs instead of final URLs. Also fix if internal links keep pointing to non-canonical URLs, because that wastes crawl budget and dilutes signals.

1) Pick one canonical host/protocol format.

2) Redirect all variants in one hop.

3) Use self-referencing canonical tags on destination pages.

4) Ensure sitemaps include only final indexable URLs.

5) Update internal links to canonical URLs.

6) Request re-crawl only for URLs that were truly fixed.

Validation fails if the redirect still exists, and in many cases that is expected. A redirecting URL is supposed to remain redirecting. In this scenario, there is nothing to 'repair'; the status is informational for excluded source URLs, while the destination URL is the one that should be indexed.