# External Permalink Stopped working **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 2, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-permalink-stopped-working/273700 "2023-08-02T19:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shaneod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shaneod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shaneod)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-permalink-stopped-working/273700/1 "2023-08-02T19:20:24Z")
Hey lads, I added a permalink for my /ads.txt file the other day, linking it to an external dynamic URL so the advertising company can update the file themselves, and the redirect worked fine. I have been working on the site a bit including a few rebuilds and it seems the redirect has stopped working. I think someone who i had got to do some work on the site before added my ads.txt content to the app.yml file - but I’m not sure why that would stop the permalink from working. I have deleted and readded the permalink since and no joy. Any ideas? Thanks, Shane ---
**Author:** ![Shaneod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shaneod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shaneod)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-permalink-stopped-working/273700/2 "2023-08-02T19:41:44Z")
I removed the ads.txt command from the app.yml file, rebuilt the app and the premalink redirect is working again now. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-permalink-stopped-working/273700/3 "2023-09-01T19:41:50Z")
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