# Robots.txt is unreachable

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**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [March 18, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/robots-txt-is-unreachable/91241 "2024-03-18T01:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/robots-txt-is-unreachable/91241/2 "2024-03-18T02:44:20Z")

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> [@zeussss](#):
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> Google Search Console throws an error Robots.txt is unreachable. but i can access it via browser

Likely due to this

> [@Browser Security System - Features and Limitations](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ensuring-only-web-browsers-can-access-your-website/49353/):
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> InfinityFree uses a security system on all free hosting accounts to ensure your website is accessed by real web browsers, not bots or automated scripts. While this protects your site from malicious traffic, it can affect certain types of access. How the security system works The system checks that visitors can execute JavaScript and accept cookies: features that all modern web browsers support. This verification happens automatically and most website visitors will never notice it. You may occa…

> [@zeussss](#):
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> I also triad renaming it to “robots.txt” but when i tried accessing it via browser it throws a 404 error.

No issue

 ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/e/7/e7ed7ea45d1dc9dab4a22e06feec402f4329ed08.png)

Take note free hosting is case sensitive.

> [@Redirected to InfinityFree 404 error page](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/redirected-to-infinityfree-404-error-page/49355/):
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> While working on your website, you may be redirected to the [InfinityFree 404 error page](https://infinityfree.net/errors/404/). This article explains why this typically happens and what you can do to fix this. Why do I get a 404 error When you try to access a file on a website, the server tries to find the matching file to load. By default, it works like this. Suppose you have a website [http://example.com](http://example.com) which is linked to the folder htdocs in your hosting account. If you then try to load a certain URL, like [http://example.com/blo…](http://example.com/blog/images/gallery/photo.jpg)

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