GSC "Recrawl request failed / Unknown error" when requesting robots.txt recrawl? (Even though status is "Fetched")
Hey everyone,
I’m trying to request a recrawl for my robots.txt file in Google Search Console, but I keep getting a popup that says: "Recrawl request failed. Reason: Unknown error. Please wait a bit, then try again." (Screenshots attached).
Here is the weird part:
In the background table, the status literally says "Fetched" successfully with a valid size (130 bytes) and 0 issues.
I have checked my live robots.txt file manually; it returns a perfect 200 OK status.
My server logs aren't showing any blocked requests or 5xx errors from Googlebot.
I've asked a few SEO friends to peek at it, and they agree everything on my end looks flawless.
Is anyone else experiencing this right now? Is it a known GSC UI bug or a temporary infrastructure issue on Google's end?
Any advice on how to get GSC to force the refresh when the manual request fails would be awesome. Thanks!