robots.txt report

nationalparks.org

https://nationalparks.org

All reports for nationalparks.orgPage not read: bot challenge
D

44/100

Complexity 39/100

How scoring works
User Agents
1
Rules
4
Sitemaps
1
Critical
2
File Size
272 B
Cached result · Expires in 1 day 3 hours

1 critical problem

1 critical · 1 warning · 1 not checked · 7 pass

1 crawlers named · 1 unrecognised

Not checked

Who this file lets in

  • Every other crawler all 1 allowed

Path Access Checker

Detailed Analysis

Critical

1 declared sitemap could not be fetched

The URL is declared in robots.txt but does not return a successful response.

Consequence. Crawlers find nothing at the address they were pointed to, so no URLs are submitted. This is worse than declaring no sitemap, because the declaration suggests discovery is covered when it is not.

If that is not intended. Publish the sitemap at the declared URL, or correct the URL to where it lives.

  • https://www.nationalparks.org/sitemaps-1-sitemap.xmlL3Responded HTTP 403
Warning

1 rule names a secret or data file

Rules name version-control directories, credential files, databases, dumps, archives or logs.

Consequence. If this file is served, it is a critical exposure; listing it here suggests it exists. robots.txt is public and among the first files a scanner reads, and it protects nothing: it only tells readers where to look.

If that is not intended. Check whether these paths answer. Remove the files from the web root or block them at the server, then delete the lines. If a .env file or a .git directory was ever served, rotate every credential it held.

  • Disallow: /.envL10Secret file or directory (.env)
Pass

Search engines can reach the site

All 6 checked search engines are allowed at the site root.

Pass

AI answer engines can reach the site

All 4 checked AI answer engines are allowed at the site root.

Pass

User-triggered AI fetches can reach the site

All 3 checked user-triggered AI fetches are allowed at the site root.

Pass

Social link previews can reach the site

All 5 checked social link previews are allowed at the site root.

Pass

AI training crawlers can reach the site

All 6 checked AI training crawlers are allowed at the site root.

Not checked

Page directives were not checked

The page answered HTTP 403 with a bot challenge instead of its content, so its meta robots tags and X-Robots-Tag headers were not read.

Consequence. Nothing is known about whether this page asks to be kept out of search results. Its absence of directives here proves nothing either way.

If that is not intended. Analyse the page again once it answers normally to our bot.

Pass

No syntax problems

Every line parses as a directive crawlers understand.

Pass

File size is 272 bytes

Comfortably within the 500 KB that crawlers will read.