Google Search Console’s Crawl Stats report is showing every other day except one, and the missing data point is September 15. The gap shows up across every Search Console property, so any site owner who checks the report today will see the same hole. Google has filled in identical gaps before, which is the clearest signal that this one will be repaired too.
What is missing and how big the gap is
The Crawl Stats report tracks Google’s crawling activity for a property over time. In the current view, the chart skips September 15 entirely. For accounts set to a different time zone, the empty slot may sit on September 16 instead of the 15th, but it is the same single-day gap everywhere.
Because the report is built per property, the missing day appears in every account. It is not tied to a specific site, server, or category of property, so there is nothing a site owner can change on their end to bring the data back.
Why this is not a site problem
The Crawl Stats numbers come from Google’s own crawling pipeline and are aggregated inside Search Console. When one day is missing for every property at once, the cause sits inside Google’s reporting layer rather than on the sites being crawled.
Google has had the same kind of single-day gap show up in the Crawl Stats report several times. Similar holes were reported in November 2021, February 2022, May 2022, and October 2025. In every prior case, Google eventually restored the missing day inside the report, which is what owners should expect this time as well.
What the Crawl Stats report actually shows
The Crawl Stats report breaks down Google’s crawl requests on a property by file type, response code, purpose, and Googlebot type over a 90-day window. It also gives a day-by-day count of how many requests Google made. That daily count is the part that is currently missing September 15.
Site owners use the report to spot crawl spikes, sudden drops in crawl rate, and the mix of pages Google is hitting. A single missing day does not break those uses, but it does leave a blank in any chart that runs up to today.
What to do while the gap is showing
- Do not change crawl settings or robots.txt rules in response to the missing day, because the hole is in Google’s display, not in the crawl itself.
- Wait for Google to backfill the September 15 row, which it has done after every previous gap.
- If a chart or report depends on a continuous 90-day window, note the gap so it is not read as a real zero-crawl day.
- Check the report again in a few days, since previous gaps have been filled quietly without a separate announcement.
Where to see your report
The Crawl Stats report sits inside Google Search Console under Settings, then Crawl Stats. Owners who do not have the report enabled can turn it on from the same panel. Google’s own help documentation explains what each chart in the report represents and how the 90-day window is calculated.
FAQ
Why is September 15 missing from Google Search Console Crawl Stats?
Google’s reporting pipeline skipped September 15 in the Crawl Stats report for every Search Console property. The gap is on Google’s side, not on any individual site, so there is nothing a site owner can change to bring the day back.
Has Google Search Console lost a day of crawl data before?
Yes. The Crawl Stats report has shown a missing day before in November 2021, February 2022, May 2022, and October 2025. In each earlier case Google restored the missing day inside the report.
Should I change my crawl settings because of the missing data?
No. The missing September 15 row is a display issue inside Search Console, not a signal that Google stopped crawling a site. Crawl settings, robots.txt, and similar controls can be left as they are while the gap is being repaired.
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