Google Search Status Dashboard showed no new updates on XML sitemap processing for August 18 or 19, 2026.
John Mueller, Google's Search Advocate, posted on X: "Still processing sitemaps as normal. Nothing new to announce on that front."
A Search Engine Roundtable article published today discussed Google's guidance on splitting large XML sitemaps into multiple files.
Semrush published a guide on August 19, 2026, detailing three steps for submitting a sitemap to Google Search Console.
The Search Engine Journal published an article today explaining reasons Google may ignore or not use a submitted sitemap.