Sitemap nomore accessible after Update to 2.4.4

[patrickpate244]

Hi

I updated to 2.4.4 and noticed that my sitemaps are nolonger accessible. They are present  at the correct path and being updated by magento but result in a 404 error if I try to reach the url.

Any ideas why and how to fix?

[Bhanu Periwal]

Hello @patrickpate244 

1. On the admin panel, click Marketing => Site Map (under SEO & Search) => Add Sitemap.
2. Enter Filename (for example: sitemap. xml) and Path (for example: “/”)
3. Choose a store view for the sitemap.
4. To finish, click Save & Generate.

After generate you will get file path.

[patrickpate244]

Hi

Thx for your help!

The configuration as the sitemaps on the server are present. I also deleted them an recreated them. But the issue is the URL if I enter it in the browser is not reachable, it gives me a 404 error. I'm using the URL showing in the configuration. Before the update, this was working fine.

Any Idea how to solve this?

[patrickpate244 · Accepted solution]

I finally found out that the .htaccess was modified & added this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sitemap/