Google Launches a New Search Console HTTPS Report

A new Search Console HTTPS report now shows why some of your pages aren’t being served over HTTPS.

Google has added an HTTPS report to Google Search Console. It shows not only which of your pages are served over HTTPS, but also why the pages that aren’t served over HTTPS have a problem.

According to Google, one of the most common requests from Search Console users was more information about a site’s HTTPS status, and an easier way to see which pages aren’t served over HTTPS and, above all, why.

What Does the Search Console HTTPS Report Look Like?

The report shows the number of HTTPS URLs and non-HTTPS URLs, with non-HTTPS URLs in red and HTTPS URLs in green. It also lists the reasons why pages aren’t served over HTTPS, including:

• HTTP marked as canonical (through a canonical tag)
• Invalid HTTPS certificate
• Sitemap points to HTTP URLs
• HTTPS redirects to HTTP
• HTTPS URL blocked by robots.txt
• HTTPS not evaluated
• Other issues

Availability

Google has already made the report available to many sites and said it would keep rolling it out over the “coming months.” The report is only available for verified properties on sites that already use an HTTPS certificate. You’ll find it in the Experience section of Search Console; our Google Search Console guide covers the other reports worth checking.

HTTPS and Page Experience

HTTPS is one of the signals Google uses to assess overall page experience, although it remains a fairly light signal for a site’s overall ranking. Google describes page experience as a set of signals that measure how users perceive their interaction with a web page beyond its pure information value, on both mobile and desktop. Those signals include the Core Web Vitals (metrics for loading performance, interactivity, and visual stability), mobile-friendliness, the absence of intrusive interstitials, and HTTPS. The HTTPS component is about keeping users safe and secure on the web. Browsers make the same point: since 2018, Chrome labels HTTP pages “Not secure”.

Why the HTTPS Report Matters

With this report, you can see which pages Google serves over HTTP or HTTPS and, more importantly, why some of your pages aren’t served over HTTPS. That gives you a starting point to dig deeper and fix the issues. If you’re still moving a site to HTTPS, see how Search Console warns you about HTTPS migration problems.

Where Things Stand in 2026

The Core Web Vitals mentioned above have changed since this report launched: on March 12, 2024, Interaction to Next Paint (INP) replaced First Input Delay (FID) as the Core Web Vitals metric for interactivity.

Search Console in Our Day-to-Day Work

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This article was inspired by Google launches new HTTPS report in Google Search Console (Search Engine Land).