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Link Redirect Trace

A guide to reading a multi-hop redirect chain and spotting problems in it, with a link to a live hop-by-hop tracer, since following each redirect requires server-side HTTP requests this browser tool can't make.

How to Use Link Redirect Trace
  1. 1Copy the link you want to trace
  2. 2Paste it above for reference
  3. 3Run it through redirect-checker.org or httpstatus.io to see every hop and its status code
  4. 4Shorten chains longer than 2-3 hops by pointing the first redirect straight to the final URL
Frequently Asked Questions

No — tracing each hop means making a real HTTP request per redirect, which this client-side tool can't do. Use redirect-checker.org or httpstatus.io for a live, hop-by-hop trace.

Common causes: old URL → new domain → HTTPS upgrade → trailing-slash normalization, each added at a different time without cleaning up the earlier ones.

More than 2-3 hops is worth fixing — each hop adds latency and risks search engines giving up before reaching the final page.

A 200 OK status on the intended destination page — if it ends in another redirect or a 4xx/5xx error, that's a broken chain to fix.

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