Where does that URL actually go?
Trace HTTP redirect chains step by step. See every hop, status code, and header to find loops, broken endpoints, and unnecessary redirects.
What are HTTP Redirects?
HTTP redirects tell browsers and search engines that a URL has moved to a new location. A 301 redirect signals a permanent move, a 302 is temporary, and a 307 preserves the request method. Redirects are essential for site migrations, URL changes, and maintaining link equity — but they need to be managed carefully.
Redirect chains form when one redirect points to another, which points to another. Each additional hop adds latency for users and wastes crawl budget for search engines. Google follows up to 10 hops before giving up, and each hop can dilute the link equity passed to the final destination. Redirect loops — where URL A redirects to B and B redirects back to A — make pages completely unreachable.
Redirect Tracer follows the complete redirect chain for any URL, showing every hop with its status code, response headers, and final destination — so you can identify unnecessary hops, fix loops, and ensure your redirects are working as intended.
Everything you need to monitor redirect tracer
Trace HTTP redirect chains to find loops, broken endpoints, and unnecessary hops.
Get more with Site Watcher
Monitor your entire web infrastructure from a single dashboard — uptime, SSL, domains, DNS, and vendor dependencies.
Check your websites every minute from multiple global locations. Track response times and uptime percentages.
Monitor certificate expiry dates with full chain validation. Get escalating alerts before browsers show warnings.
Track domain registration expiry via WHOIS. Escalating alerts at 30, 14, 7, 3, and 1 day before expiry.
Detect unexpected DNS changes across all record types. Hourly checks with diff views and propagation tracking.
Monitor any public status page for incidents. Get alerted when cloud providers and third-party services go down.
Get even more with Site Health
Go beyond infrastructure monitoring. Site Health adds search performance, page speed, technical SEO, and WHOIS tracking to your monitoring suite.
Monitor your search performance and indexing status.
Track LCP, INP, and CLS to keep your site fast.
Get alerted when your robots.txt changes unexpectedly.
Monitor your XML sitemaps for changes and issues.
Track redirect chains and get alerted to new or broken redirects.
Monitor hreflang tags for consistency and errors.
Get alerted when WHOIS records change — registrar, nameservers, or ownership.
Free Redirect Tracing
Trace any redirect chain instantly. No account required.
Redirect Tracer
- Full redirect chain following
- Status code reporting per hop
- Response header inspection
- Loop and broken endpoint detection
Redirect Tracer
- Full redirect chain tracing
- See every hop in a redirect chain with status codes and headers.
- Detect redirect loops that make pages unreachable.
- Use the tool instantly without signing up.
Or monitor everything from one dashboard
Site Watcher bundles all 5 monitoring tools — domain expiry, SSL, uptime, DNS, and vendor status — into a single dashboard with unified alerting.
Site Watcher
- Up to 3 monitored targets
- All 5 tools in one dashboard
- Smart check cadence
- Email alerts
- 30-day history
Site Watcher Pro
- Unlimited targets across all tools
- Domain expiry + SSL + Uptime + DNS + Vendor status
- Consolidated alerts
- Roll-up site status
- 1-year history
- Bulk import
Site Health Pro
- Everything in Site Watcher Pro
- Google Search Console integration
- Core Web Vitals monitoring (LCP, INP, CLS)
- Robots.txt change monitoring
- Sitemap change monitoring
- Redirect chain monitoring
- Hreflang monitoring
- WHOIS change monitoring
Trace your redirects
Follow any URL through its complete redirect chain.