# Max Redirections

Redirect chains which exceed the maximum number of redirects specified in Advanced settings > Report settings (default: 4 redirections).

**Priority**: High

**Impact**: Negative

## What issues it may cause

Search engine crawlers will only follow a limited number of redirects in a chain before stopping and resuming later, which can cause delays in being processed.

A large number of redirects may result in a noticable delay for users so it can also have an impact on user experience.

Redirect chains will consume more crawl budget than a redirect chain with a single step.

## How do you fix it

The redirect chains should be reviewed for opportunities to update to use fewer steps by redirecting them directly to the final redirect target.

## What is the positive impact

Crawl budget spent on the unnecessary redirect steps may be reduced, allowing crawl budget to be used on more important pages, or save on server costs.

## How to fetch the data for this report template

You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have
crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:


```graphql
query GetReportStatForCrawl(
      $crawlId: ObjectID!
      $reportTemplateCode: String!
      $after: String
     ) {
        getReportStat(
          input: {crawlId: $crawlId, reportTemplateCode: $reportTemplateCode}
        ) {
          crawlUrls(after: $after, reportType: Basic) {
            nodes {
              url
              redirectChain
              redirectedToUrl
              foundAtUrl
              deeprank
              level
              redirectCount
              contentSize
              isRedirectLoop
              metaRedirect
              redirectedToStatusCode
              foundInGoogleAnalytics
              foundInGoogleSearchConsole
              foundInBacklinks
              foundInList
              foundInLogSummary
              foundInWebCrawl
              foundInSitemap
            }
            totalCount
            pageInfo {
              endCursor
              hasNextPage
            }
          }
       }
     }
```

**Variables:**
```json
{"crawlId":"TjAwNUNyYXdsNDAwMA","reportTemplateCode":"max_redirections"}
```