URL redirect checker

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About URL Redirect Checker

URL Redirect Checker follows the full redirect chain for any URL. It reports every hop, the HTTP status and the final destination.

How to use it

  1. Paste a URL. The tool shows every hop with status codes and headers.

Common use cases

  • Verifying redirects before a domain migration. Auditing affiliate links. Diagnosing infinite redirect loops.

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Links do not always go where they appear to. A short link, an old path, an HTTP-to-HTTPS hop or a marketing redirect can chain several times before a page finally loads. This tool follows the full redirect chain from the URL you paste and reports every individual hop, the HTTP status at each step, and the URL you actually end up on.

Seeing the chain matters when a redirect is not working the way you expect — whether it loops forever, lands on the wrong page, or passes through more hops than you want — because the failure is almost always visible in the sequence of statuses.

How to Check a Redirect

  1. Paste the URL you want to trace.
  2. Read the chain: each hop with its status code, followed by the final destination.
  3. Use the details to confirm the redirect is correct or to find the broken step.

Practical Use Cases

Verify every redirect is mapped correctly before migrating a domain, audit affiliate or marketing links to see where they truly land, and diagnose an infinite redirect loop that is leaving visitors on a blank error page.

What Statuses Mean

Common codes you will see: 301 is a permanent move, 302 and 307 are temporary redirects, and 404 means a dead end. Chaining many 301s works but adds latency, so a clean short chain is usually the healthiest result.

Redirect tracing — common questions

Why would I care about the number of hops?

Each hop is an extra round trip that slows the visitor. Long chains of chained redirects — sometimes several 30x responses in a row — can add noticeable latency, so a short chain is better for speed.

What is the difference between 301 and 302?

A 301 signals a permanent move and is the one search engines treat as replacement. A 302 or 307 is temporary. Knowing which your URL returns tells you how the move is being interpreted.

What does an infinite loop look like here?

It appears as a repeated sequence of the same redirects without ever reaching a final page. The checker makes that loop visible so you can identify the misconfigured step and fix it.

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