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HTTP→HTTPS redirect
Methodology v7 · canonical ID http-to-https-redirect · Web Security · scored · census as of July 28, 2026
Sends visitors who arrive on http straight to the secure version.
Definition
| Canonical ID | http-to-https-redirect |
|---|---|
| Category | Web Security |
| Grade impact | Scored — counts toward the grade |
| Pass | Requests to http://<domain> are redirected (301/302/307/308) to the https:// origin. |
| Fail | Plain-HTTP requests are served content without redirecting to HTTPS. |
| Example (passing) | http://example.com/ → 301 → https://example.com/ |
No-data rule: when this check couldn't be determined for a domain (timeout, SERVFAIL, redacted
source) it returns N/A and is excluded from that domain's scoring denominator — "couldn't determine"
is never counted as a failure. "Determined absent" is a real fail.
Prevalence across the census
The public census rollup does not publish a per-check figure for http-to-https-redirect (as of July 28, 2026).
Whole-census aggregates live at /data; no number is shown here rather than an estimated one.
Census denominator: 275,666,275 graded domains. Aggregates only — never an individual domain's result.
Fix it
Plain-English impact, cost of ignoring it, and step-by-step remediation: defaults.exposed/en/fix/https
Cite this check
Defaults.Exposed, "HTTP→HTTPS redirect (http-to-https-redirect)", Grading Methodology v7 (census as of July 28, 2026). https://defaults.exposed/methodology/v7/http-to-https-redirect
Permalink: https://defaults.exposed/methodology/v7/http-to-https-redirect ·
All 34 checks: v7 registry ·
Machine-readable: checks.json ·
Licence: open data