

Only URLs with known instances of this issue are queued for recrawling, not the whole site. Search Console works through the list of known URLs affected by this issue.If validation finds other unrelated issues, these issues are counted against that other issue type and validation continues. If the sample pages do not have the current error, validation continues with state Started.If the current instance exists in any of these pages, validation ends, and the validation state remains unchanged.When you click Validate Fix, Search Console immediately checks a few pages.This process can take several days or even longer, and you will receive progress notifications by email. Here is an overview of the validation process after you click Validate Fix for an issue. Fix this page, confirm your fix on all URLs in Pending state, and restart validation.

If validation fails, you can see which URL caused the validation to fail by clicking See details in the issue details page.Validation typically takes up to about two weeks, but in some cases can take much longer, so please be patient. You will receive a notification when validation succeeds or fails. You can monitor the validation progress.More details about how Google checks your fixes. Do not click Validate fix again until validation has succeeded or failed. Click the issue in the issues list in your report. Open the issue details page of the issue that you fixed.If you missed a fix, validation will stop when Google finds a single remaining instance of that issue. Fix all instances of the issue on your site.To tell Search Console that you fixed an issue: You can also fix issues without validating Google updates your instance count whenever it crawls a page with known issues, whether or not you explicitly requested fix validation. Use your judgment when deciding whether to address a given issue. It might not always make sense to fix and validate a specific issue on your website: for example, URLs blocked by robots.txt are probably intentionally blocked. You can track Google's progress in confirming your fixes, and see a log of all pages queued for checking, and the fix status of each URL.You'll get an email when Google has confirmed your fix on all URLs, or conversely, if Google has found remaining instances of that issue.Telling Google that you have fixed all issues in a specific issue status or category has the following benefits: If all known instances are fixed, the issue count goes to zero in the issues table and dropped to the bottom of the table. After you fix all instances of a specific issue on your site, you can ask Google to confirm your fixes.
