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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.ru/support/webmaster/en/llms.txt


# Indexing errors reference

## Download errors {#load}

If the Yandex robot fails to download a document from your site, it returns an error.

Below is the list of possible errors. 


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**Error**
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**Description**
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Connection failure
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Connection interrupted when trying to download a document. After several attempts the download was stopped.
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Text size limit exceeded
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The document size exceeds the limit of 10 MB.
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Document blocked from indexing in `robots.txt`
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The document isn't indexed because it's blocked from indexing in the `robots.txt` file.
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Invalid document address
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The document address doesn't meet the HTTP standard.
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Document format not supported
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The server doesn't indicate the document format or indicates it incorrectly, or the indicated format isn't supported by Yandex.
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DNS error
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DNS error. IP address of the host could not be determined by its name.
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Invalid HTTP status code
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The server returns a status code that doesn't match the HTTP standard.
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Invalid HTTP header
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HTTP header does not match the standard (including Yandex extension).
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Connection with the server could not be established
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When the robot tried to access the site, the server didn't respond or interrupted the connection.
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Invalid message length
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Message length is not indicated or is indicated incorrectly. Check the contents of the `content-length` header. The header size mustn't exceed the actual size of a document.
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Wrong encoding
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Transfer-Encoding header is set incorrectly or the encoding is unknown.
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Invalid data amount transferred
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The length of transferred data doesn't match the stated length. Data transfer is finished before or goes on after receiving the stated amount of data.
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Maximum HTTP header length exceeded
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The length of HTTP headers exceeded the limit. It may be caused by the attempt to pass too many cookies.
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Maximum URL length exceeded
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The length of the address (URL) exceeds:

- 1024 bytes in the domain name.
- 1024 bytes in the host page address.
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## Processing errors {#processing}

The robot returns an error if it downloads a document successfully, but can't process it.

Below is the list of possible errors.


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**Error**
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**Description**
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The document contains the `noindex` meta tag
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The document is not indexed because it contains the `noindex` meta tag.
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Wrong encoding
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The document contains characters that do not match the declared encoding.
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Document is a server log
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The document was recognized as a server log. If it is a page created for site visitors, try to change it so that it won't look similar to a server log.
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Invalid document format
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The robot found that the document doesn't match the declared format (HTML, PDF, DOC, RTF, SWF, XLS, PPT).
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Encoding not recognized
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Document encoding wasn't recognized. Perhaps, the document doesn't contain text or contains text in different encodings.
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Language not supported
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The document language isn't recognized or  isn't supported. For details about all supported languages go to the [relevant help section](https://yandex.ru/support/webmaster/en/yandex-indexing/locale-pages.md#supported-language).
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Document does not contain text
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The server returns an empty document.
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Too many links
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The number of links on the page exceeds the limit.
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Extraction error
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There was an error unpacking  GZIP or DEFLATE data stream from the server.
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Empty server response
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The server returned a response of zero length. Contact the administrator of the hosting server.
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Document is not canonical
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The `link` element in the document code contains the `rel` attribute set to`canonical` and pointing to another (canonical) document. Canonical document was indexed instead of the current document.
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If pages are accessible to the indexing bot and [sent for reindexing](https://yandex.ru/support/webmaster/en/robot-workings/site-reindex.md) but do not appear in the search for more than two weeks, fill out the form below:



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      border: 1px solid var(--yc-color-line-generic);">
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