--- title: "Temporary redirect (302/303/307) used (seo/redirect-temporary)" description: "seo/redirect-temporary: Temporary redirects tell search engines to keep the old URL indexed; for moved content the signals don't consolidate on the new URL." canonical: https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/redirect-temporary lastModified: 2026-09-16 --- # Temporary redirect (302/303/307) used `seo/redirect-temporary` · severity **warn** · category SEO · detected by `void seo` and `void audit` ## Why it matters Temporary redirects tell search engines to keep the old URL indexed; for moved content the signals don't consolidate on the new URL. ## How to fix it Use 301/308 (`permanent: true` or `permanentRedirect()` in Next.js) when the move is permanent. Keep 302/307 for genuinely temporary states (locale negotiation, maintenance). ## References - https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/301-redirects ## More seo rules `void seo` reports 60 rules in this category. What search engines need from the raw response: status codes, titles and descriptions in , self-referencing canonicals, one h1, crawlable links, Open Graph, icons, robots.txt and a sitemap with real dates. - `http-status` Page does not return HTTP 200 — [seo/http-status](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/http-status) - `redirect-chain` URL reaches its content through more than one redirect — [seo/redirect-chain](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/redirect-chain) - `client-redirect` Redirect done with meta refresh or JavaScript — [seo/client-redirect](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/client-redirect) - `noindex` Indexable page carries noindex — [seo/noindex](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/noindex) - `robots-snippet-restricted` nosnippet or a very low max-snippet limits previews — [seo/robots-snippet-restricted](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/robots-snippet-restricted) - `soft-404` Missing page returns HTTP 200 (soft 404) — [seo/soft-404](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/soft-404) - `html-too-large` Uncompressed HTML is over Googlebot's 2 MB fetch limit — [seo/html-too-large](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/html-too-large) - `rsc-payload-ratio` Inline RSC flight payload dominates the HTML — [seo/rsc-payload-ratio](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/rsc-payload-ratio) Detected by `void seo` and `void audit`. Explain it in a terminal: `void rules seo/redirect-temporary`