Hopcheck Hopcheck

The checker

Where does this link actually end up?

Paste a URL. Hopcheck follows every redirect one hop at a time and shows the whole chain — each URL, the status code that caused the hop, the query string at every hop, and what finally answered. This tool answers when you ask: no email, no alerts, no scheduled re-checks, and nothing you check is saved.

If the link has no scheme, https:// is added for you. The chain is capped at 10 hops; if the cap is hit, Hopcheck says so.

Try a sample

Checking hop 1…

Limits, stated plainly

  • Only HTTP 3xx redirects are followed. An HTML <meta> refresh page is reported as the final hop — the checker does not parse the page body.
  • If a hop times out or the host will not resolve, the check reports that it did not complete, and at which hop. That is a failed check, not a finding about your link.
  • The checker requests each hop with GET. A server that redirects only for HEAD requests is not the behavior you are being shown.
  • Nothing is stored. There are no accounts, no history, and no cross-device state on this site.