Redirect Chains

Detects URLs that redirect and links pointing to redirects

Rule ID	links/redirect-chains
Category	Links
Scope	Site-wide
Severity	warning
Weight	4/10

Solution

Redirects add latency and waste crawl budget, especially when chained. Make sure every internal link hits the final destination directly, not the intermediate redirect, and consult the chain context emitted by this rule to trace multi-hop paths. Consolidate redirect rules, prefer 301s for permanent moves, and audit redirects regularly to remove legacy hops.

Enable / Disable

Disable this rule

[rules]
disable = ["links/redirect-chains"]

Disable all Links rules

[rules]
disable = ["links/*"]

Enable only this rule

[rules]
enable = ["links/redirect-chains"]
disable = ["*"]