Sitemap lists a noindexed page

HighNeeds reviewSitemapsSite-wide checksitemap_url_noindex

What this means

The sitemap asks Google to index this URL while the page itself asks Google not to. Google resolves the contradiction by honouring the noindex, so the sitemap entry is at best wasted and at worst a signal that the file is unmaintained.

How to fix it

Decide which is correct. If the page should rank, remove the noindex; if it should not, drop it from the sitemap.

Fix effort

This check needs review: the change can be drafted for you, but a person has to approve the wording or choose the target before it ships.

Authoritative source

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/block-indexing

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