# Google Search Console can't read the sitemap

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** sitemap, seo\
**Created:** [March 31, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-console-cant-read-the-sitemap/359762 "2025-03-31T23:51:39Z")\
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Hi!

It looks like Google Search Console can’t read one of the sitemaps. The main sitemap `sitemap.xml` (`https://forum.pragmaticentrepreneurs.com/sitemap.xml`) is read correctly, but only `sitemap_recent.xml` is imported.

 ![The image shows a webpage interface with sitemaps data, including a date, number of discovered pages, and videos, and a button for treated indexes. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/7/5/d75913ad150c6e3a980c732c6e1d9d1ca3d6dcf3.png)

If I try to add `sitemap_1.xml` by myself to Google Search Console, I get an error. If I try it in the validator, it looks good.

 ![The image shows a screenshot of a sitemap page for "https://forum.pragmatic-centrepr.eu/sitemap_1.xml" with a date of 01/04/2025, indicating zero pages and videos discovered, and an error message stating "Impossible de lire le sitemap" (Unable to read the sitemap). (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/2/f/b2f654238091bfbca7f400fcca4a4f96a3dfe48d.png)

Do you have any idea why GSE can’t read `sitemap_1.xml`?

Thanks for the help.

EDIT:  
Bing is reading both sitemaps correctly, so it looks specific to Google.

 ![Capture d’écran 2025-04-01 à 02.06.49](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/5/8/f58f893545db37d49340b451a76f15eb8b1dace7.png)

Also, everything is fine with I try to inspect `sitemap_1.xml`

 ![Capture d’écran 2025-04-01 à 02.19.14](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/4/d/d4d69e72eb11616d199f1997e148d586824b4a23.png)

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