# robots.txt changed

> robots.txt changed. The file that tells Google which parts of your store it may crawl changed, and one wrong rule in it can hide your whole store from search.
> Category: Check reference
> Canonical: https://rabbot.ai/docs/checks/robots-txt/
> Updated: 2026-10-17

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Your pages · Critical · Rabbot alerts on this on every plan.

## What it means

The file that tells Google which parts of your store it may crawl changed, and one wrong rule in it can hide your whole store from search.

## What to do

Usually a theme update or an app editing robots.txt.liquid. Confirm the change is intentional and doesn't block important pages. Rabbot re-checks automatically and will confirm when it's fixed.

## Related

- [Structured data types changed](https://rabbot.ai/docs/checks/schema-types/)
- [Hreflang tag points to a broken page](https://rabbot.ai/docs/checks/shopify-hreflang-broken-target/)
- [Hreflang pages not linking back](https://rabbot.ai/docs/checks/shopify-hreflang-no-return-tag/)
- [Redirect has no effect yet](https://rabbot.ai/docs/checks/shopify-redirect-shadowed/)
- [Page points Google to another URL](https://rabbot.ai/docs/checks/shopify-variant-canonical/)
- [Shopify SEO guide](https://rabbot.ai/guides/shopify-seo/)