Redirect Chain Detection

Httpeace automatically detects excessive redirect chains:

• Add your domain to Httpeace
• We check for redirect chains automatically every day
• Get instant alerts when chains of 3+ redirects are detected
• See the full redirect path and recommended fixes in your dashboard

Manual redirect chain detection and fixing requires server configuration expertise:

# Check redirect chains
curl -I -L https://yourdomain.com

# Online tools
# Visit: https://www.redirect-checker.org/
# Visit: https://httpstatus.io/

# Count redirect hops
curl -w "%{num_redirects}" https://yourdomain.com

You'll need to:

• Trace redirect paths for every important URL using curl or online tools
• Identify common redirect chain patterns (HTTP → HTTPS → WWW → trailing slash)
• Understand server configuration for Nginx, Apache, or your platform
• Consolidate multiple redirects into single-hop redirects
• Choose canonical URL format (www vs non-www, trailing slash vs none)
• Configure server to redirect in one step, not multiple
• Update internal links to point directly to final URLs
• Contact sites with high-value backlinks to update their links
• Test redirect changes before deploying to production
• Monitor page load times to measure improvement
• Configure HSTS to eliminate HTTP → HTTPS redirect for returning visitors
• Handle CDN/proxy redirect configurations
• Fix trailing slash inconsistencies
• Audit historical URL migrations for intermediate redirects
• Set up ongoing monitoring to catch new redirect chains

Redirect chain detection is tedious and fixing them requires deep server configuration knowledge. Chains accumulate over time from migrations and platform changes, silently degrading performance until page speed becomes noticeably bad.