SEO professionals gain a clearer view of a site’s backlink profile through Google Search Console’s links report, and that view has been frozen since August 8, 2026. The report, which shows external links, top linking sites, and top linked pages, has gone roughly a month without fresh data, breaking from its usual refresh cadence of every couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
The links report inside Google Search Console is one of the few places site owners can see which external domains point to their pages and which of their own URLs receive the most inbound links. It also breaks down internal links, letting users identify their most heavily linked internal pages. For SEOs running link audits, prospecting campaigns, or backlink monitoring, the report is a standard data source.<\/p>\n
The last confirmed refresh of the links report was around August 8, 2026. As of the report’s September 8 observation, no new data had appeared for a full month. Historically, Google refreshes the links report every couple of weeks, so a 30-day gap is a meaningful departure from the normal rhythm.<\/p>\n
Unlike other sections of Google Search Console, the links report does not display a data date on the interface. There is no visible marker showing when the underlying dataset was last pulled. Without that timestamp, site owners cannot tell at a glance whether they are looking at current data or a stale snapshot. Adding a refresh date to the report would let users immediately know how recent the numbers are, removing the need to track refreshes manually.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time a Google Search Console report has fallen behind. The page indexing report, the crawl stats report, and the performance report have each experienced delays in recent memory. Each of those reports surfaces a visible data range, which makes the lag easier to spot. The links report offers no such cue, which is why the silent freeze since August 8 went unnoticed for a full month.<\/p>\n
Until the links report refreshes again, SEOs who rely on it for backlink visibility have a few options. They can pull historical exports from their own tracking tools, compare the current frozen dataset against third-party backlink crawlers, or wait for the next refresh and diff the data when it lands. Anyone who depends on week-by-week backlink trends should plan for gaps during these stalls and document when the report does update so the lag is visible to clients and stakeholders.<\/p>\n
The links report was last refreshed with fresh data around August 8, 2026, and as of September 8, 2026, had not been updated for roughly a month.<\/p>\n
Google typically refreshes the links report every couple of weeks, which makes the current month-long gap a noticeable delay.<\/p>\n
The links report does not show a data date on screen, so users cannot see when the underlying numbers were last pulled. Without that timestamp, a stale snapshot looks identical to a current one.<\/p>\n