External link 5xx

How to fix it

Recheck after the destination's outage. Replace if persistently down.

Sibling checks in this category

• External link redirects - An outbound external link redirects, costing user time.
• External link broken (4xx) - An outbound external link returns a 4xx error.
• External link blocked - The external host blocked our crawler. Could be intentional bot blocking.
• External link timeout - The external link timed out during the crawl.

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