Unpublished pages in AEM are being included in sitemap.xml

[JonathanBurke]

Has anyone else experienced unpublished pages in AEM appearing in sitemap.xml? I only want published pages to be included. My website uses the Apache Sling Sitemap Module to generate the sitemap.xml file... Not sure if the issue is related to the Sitemap Module itself, or if it's a configuration in AEM... If anyone has some insights on how to fix this, I would love to hear how you got it resolved.

[DPrakashRaj · Accepted solution]

Sitemap.xml is generated dynamically and might be stored on your dispatcher cache. Can you check if you are seeing the cached sitemap.xml. Also, check 

Sitemap scheduler OSGi configuration to check the cron expression for the frequency.

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-learn/sites/seo/sitemaps.html?lang=en

[kautuk_sahni]

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