Sitemap-only observation D

A canonical field note reserved for observing delayed sitemap traversal under limited crawl demand.

Why this page exists

This canonical page is intentionally absent from every HTML link graph and from IndexNow submissions. Its only advertised discovery route is the root XML sitemap.

What a request means

A request is evidence that the URL was fetched. When it follows a sitemap request in the same heuristic crawler session, it supports—but does not prove—a sitemap discovery path.