Google Merchant Center: Image link could not be fetched
Couldn't crawl image [image link]What's happening
Google's crawler can't fetch the URL in image_link. Causes: 404, robots.txt blocking, CDN auth required, slow response (timeout), invalid SSL certificate, or HTTP redirect chain too deep.
image_linkadditional_image_linkManual fix
Open the image URL in incognito mode to check it's publicly accessible. Verify robots.txt allows Googlebot. Check your CDN doesn't require referer or signed URLs. Re-upload if the file is corrupt.
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