> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trysight.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Indexing Activity & Monitoring

> Track every URL submission, detection, and connection event with the rewritten Indexing Activity page.

## Overview

Sight AI continuously monitors your sitemap, submits new URLs to search engines, and logs every event so you can audit what's happening. The **Indexing Activity** page is the audit trail.

It lives at `app.trysight.ai/indexing/activity`. The Sitemap status page is its sibling at `/indexing/sitemap`.

## What's New

The Indexing Activity page was rewritten in April 2026 to fix several count and redirect bugs and to add:

* **Stats strip** — totals for submissions, detections, and connections in the lookback window
* **Type filter** — filter to Submissions / Detections / Connections / All
* **Status filter** — filter to Success / Failed / All
* **Free-text search** — find activity by URL or source
* **Pagination** — browse the full 90-day history without scrolling forever
* **Per-row drill-down** — click any submission row to see exactly which URLs were submitted

If you're an existing user, the new page is a drop-in replacement at the same nav location ("Indexing → Activity").

## Activity Types

Every entry on the page is one of:

| Type           | What it means                                                                                                              |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Submission** | URLs sent to a search engine — Google Search Console, IndexNow (Bing), or via a CMS hook (WordPress, Webflow, Shopify)     |
| **Detection**  | New URLs discovered in your sitemap (or new URLs processed after detection)                                                |
| **Connection** | A connection event — Google Search Console connected, Bing connected, Webflow connected, GSC property linked, site created |

Use the type filter chips at the top of the page to narrow down to one category.

## Status

Each entry has one of three statuses:

| Status      | Meaning                                                         |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Success** | The action completed and the search engine accepted the request |
| **Failed**  | The action errored — see the row detail for the exact reason    |
| **Pending** | The action is queued and will be retried automatically          |

Use the status filter to surface only failures when you're debugging.

## Reading a Row

Each row shows:

* **Title** — what happened (e.g., "Submitted 5 URLs to Google", "Detected 12 new URLs")
* **Description** — context (e.g., the source CMS, the property URL, the error message)
* **Timestamp** — relative ("2 hours ago") and absolute on hover
* **URL count** — for submissions and detections, the number of URLs involved (normalized across the various backend field names)
* **Drill-down** — for rows where individual URLs are tracked (new URLs detected, IndexNow submissions), click to expand and see the URL list

## Sitemap Status

The companion **Sitemap** page (`/indexing/sitemap`) shows:

* **Total URLs** — number of URLs currently in your sitemap
* **Last Checked** — when the sitemap was last scanned
* **Next Crawl** — when the next scheduled scan will run
* **New This Week** — URLs detected in the past 7 days
* **Pending Submissions** — URLs waiting to be submitted

A historical chart shows URL count over time so you can spot sudden drops or spikes.

## Monitoring Schedule

Sight AI checks your sitemap on a regular schedule:

* **Hourly checks** — quick scan for new URLs
* **Daily full sync** — complete sitemap comparison
* **On-demand** — immediate check when you publish via Sight AI

## Manual Refresh

To trigger an immediate sitemap check:

1. Go to **Indexing** → **Sitemap**
2. Click **"Refresh Now"**
3. Sight AI will scan your sitemap immediately
4. New URLs will be detected and submitted, and the events will appear in the Activity page

## Troubleshooting

### New URLs Not Being Detected

* Verify the URLs are in your sitemap
* Check that the sitemap URL is correct in Site Settings
* Ensure the sitemap is accessible (no auth required)
* Try a manual refresh on the Sitemap page

### Sitemap Errors

* Validate your sitemap XML at [XML sitemap validator](https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html)
* Check for encoding issues
* Ensure URLs use consistent formatting
* Look for duplicate entries

### Submission Failures

* Use the status filter on the Activity page to surface only failures
* Click into a failed row to see the underlying error message
* Common causes: GSC token expired (reconnect), IndexNow key file missing (re-verify), or the URL returned a non-200 to the search engine's crawl

### Stale Monitoring Data

* Check when the last check occurred on the Sitemap page
* Try a manual refresh
* Verify your site is accessible
* Contact support if issues persist

## Best Practices

* **Keep sitemap updated** — ensure your CMS updates it automatically
* **Filter to "Failed" weekly** — a 30-second scan catches indexing problems before they become traffic problems
* **Use lastmod dates** — help Sight AI identify updated content for re-submission
* **Use the search box** to confirm a specific URL was submitted (paste the slug)

## Next Steps

* [Submit sitemap to Google](/indexing/google-sitemap)
* [Set up IndexNow for Bing](/indexing/indexnow)
* [Connect Google Search Console](/integrations/google-search-console)