Follow every HTTP redirect hop from initial URL to final destination. Analyze 301, 302, 307, 308 status codes, hop latencies, server headers, and uncover redirect loops.
Network routing diagnostics
Long redirect chains dissipate crawl equity and cause search engines to abandon indexing deep URLs. Ensuring that old URLs point directly to their final canonical destination with a single 301 or 308 permanent redirect preserves your search visibility and ranking.
Our tool analyzes the status codes and server headers across every hop, flagging temporary redirects (302/307) that fail to pass complete PageRank.
Every hop in a redirect chain forces the client browser to initiate a round trip, adding critical milliseconds to Time to First Byte (TTFB) and delaying Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).
SpeedVitals inspects protocol changes (HTTP to HTTPS), measures hop-by-hop response times, and detects infinite redirect loops with granular header inspection for Cache-Control and HSTS.
A redirect path tracer follows every HTTP redirect hop sequentially from the initial URL to the final destination. It inspects HTTP status codes (301, 302, 307, 308, 200, 404), measures response latency per hop, detects redirect loops, and extracts headers like Location, Cache-Control, and HSTS.
A 301 Moved Permanently tells search engine crawlers that the page has moved indefinitely, transferring 90-99% of link equity (PageRank) to the destination URL. A 302 Found or 307 Temporary Redirect indicates that the move is temporary, meaning search engines may keep the old URL indexed and pass less ranking authority.
A redirect chain occurs when there are multiple intermediate redirects between the requested URL and the final landing page (e.g., A -> B -> C -> D). Each hop requires a new DNS lookup, TCP connection, and TLS handshake, significantly inflating Time to First Byte (TTFB) and wasting search engine crawl budget.
A redirect loop (e.g. ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS) happens when URL A redirects to URL B, which in turn redirects back to URL A (or through a cycle of URLs). Common causes include conflicting HTTPS rewrite rules, CDN SSL setting mismatches (Flexible SSL vs. Full SSL), or trailing slash redirect misconfigurations.
Many websites, CDNs, and server-side frameworks serve distinct redirect paths depending on whether the visitor is on mobile, desktop, or a search crawler. Simulating Googlebot, Chrome, or Mobile Safari lets you detect device-specific cloaking, mobile redirect loops, or faulty geo-targeting rules.
Both 301 and 308 are permanent redirects. However, according to RFC 7231, a 301 allows user agents to rewrite POST requests to GET. A 308 Permanent Redirect strictly requires clients to preserve the original HTTP method and request body, making it ideal for modern RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
