How do I fix "Missing robots.txt"?

Create /robots.txt in your site root: User-agent: * Allow: / Sitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

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Missing robots.txt

No robots.txt file found

Code: missing_robots_txt

Why it matters

No robots.txt file found. Search engines use this signal when crawling and ranking pages. Getting it wrong can suppress visibility in results or lead to missed indexing opportunities.

How to fix

Create /robots.txt in your site root

http

User-agent: *
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

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