Redirect Checker
Follow the complete redirect chain for any URL. See every hop, status code, headers, and timing.
Redirect Checker Features
Everything you need to understand and debug URL redirect chains.
Full Redirect Chain
Trace every hop from your original URL to the final destination, including intermediate redirects.
Response Headers Per Hop
Inspect the raw response headers returned at each step in the redirect chain.
Latency Measurement
See the response time for every individual hop so you can identify slow redirect steps.
Custom User-Agent
Simulate requests from different browsers, bots, or devices to catch agent-specific redirect rules.
Up to 10 Hops
Follow chains of up to 10 redirects, enough to catch even deeply nested redirect loops.
Visual Chain Display
Each hop is shown as a clear, expandable card with status codes, URLs, and timing at a glance.
How It Works
Check any URL's redirect chain in three simple steps.
Enter URL
Paste or type any URL into the input field. You can also choose a User-Agent to simulate a specific browser or bot.
Follow Chain
Our server follows every redirect hop-by-hop, recording the status code, headers, and response time at each step.
Analyze Results
Review the full redirect chain. Click any hop to expand its response headers and diagnose issues.
Common Redirect Status Codes
Understanding what each HTTP redirect code means.
Related Tools
More tools to inspect and debug HTTP responses.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about redirect chains and how to use this tool.
A redirect chain is a sequence of HTTP redirects where one URL points to another, which may in turn point to yet another URL, and so on. Each step is called a hop. Chains slow down page load times because the browser must make a separate request for every hop before reaching the final destination.
A 301 (Moved Permanently) tells browsers and search engines that the resource has moved forever — link equity and rankings are transferred to the new URL. A 302 (Found) is temporary, meaning the original URL is still considered canonical and search engines do not transfer ranking signals to the destination.
This error occurs when the browser detects an infinite redirect loop — for example, URL A redirects to URL B, which redirects back to URL A. It can also happen when there are more redirects than the browser's limit (usually 10–20 hops). Use this tool to trace the chain and identify where the loop starts.
Yes. Redirect loops prevent search engine crawlers from indexing your pages, and long redirect chains (even without loops) dilute PageRank and slow down crawl budget. Best practice is to keep redirect chains to a single hop (direct 301) wherever possible.