I wrote about this bug before, then someone correctly mentioned an issue on one of the sites in question, which made me question if it was a bug, however, I have since corrected that issue, and after more testing, every single site I try and analyze with Lighthouse 3.0.0-alpha.2 says that "Page is blocked from indexing" and applies an SEO penalty. Older versions of Lighthouse seem to be fine. This is the version of Lighthouse that automatically downloads / installs when a user visits the Chrome webstore to add the Lighthouse plugin as an extension for easier one click testing. Other reviews seem to indicate that perhaps this version was pushed to the Chrome webstore a little too early?
Version info on the Chrome webstore indicates it is 2.10.0.3002 (May 16, 2018) however what actually downloads and installs as a browser plugin/extension is 3.0.0-alpha.2.
I wrote about this bug before, then someone correctly mentioned an issue on one of the sites in question, which made me question if it was a bug, however, I have since corrected that issue, and after more testing, every single site I try and analyze with Lighthouse 3.0.0-alpha.2 says that "Page is blocked from indexing" and applies an SEO penalty. Older versions of Lighthouse seem to be fine. This is the version of Lighthouse that automatically downloads / installs when a user visits the Chrome webstore to add the Lighthouse plugin as an extension for easier one click testing. Other reviews seem to indicate that perhaps this version was pushed to the Chrome webstore a little too early?
Version info on the Chrome webstore indicates it is 2.10.0.3002 (May 16, 2018) however what actually downloads and installs as a browser plugin/extension is 3.0.0-alpha.2.