Google search console is showing "Sitemap can be read, but has errors"

[Zamboniman]

My sitemap, automatically generated by Weebly, seems to have erros. Google search console says "Sitemap can be read, but has errors".  Clicking on this it then shows: "Invalid URL" and the first line shows  "URL:  /" (which, naturally is not a URL). This is followed by dozens more similar errors.

How can this be fixed? There seems no method of regenerating the sitemap or submitting my own.

[Bernadette3 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Zamboniman  This should be fixed now. Can you please try to resubmit? 

[Bernadette3]

Thanks for posting, @Zamboniman. Can you please post a screenshot of the errors page? We want to make sure to surface any potential issues to the team. Thanks! 

[Zamboniman]

Sure. Here's the screenshot.

[Bernadette3]

Thanks! I'll update you as soon as I have more info. 

[Zamboniman]

Thanks.

[Bernadette3]

When did you generate the site map? Was it recent? When was the last time you published? @Zamboniman

[Zamboniman]

I tried unpublishing and republishing just a few hours ago to see if that fixed the issue.

It did not.

When you ask, "When did you generate the sitemap" I am unsure how to answer, as I have no control over this. The sitemap.xml is generated automatically by Weebly. I have no information on when or how this occurs. Perhaps during publication? This is why I unpublished and re-published, thinking that it would perhaps generate a new sitemap without errors.

However, this wasn't successful.

[Bernadette3]

The reason I asked on the timing is because it was a feature that was just released yesterday afternoon. Do you remember if you submitted it before yesterday? 

[Bernadette3 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Zamboniman  This should be fixed now. Can you please try to resubmit? 

[Zamboniman · Accepted solution]

Yup, everything seems to be working now. Thanks! Whatever you fixed, worked.

Cheers.

[Bernadette3]

Glad to hear it's working!