"I've chatted with the teams involved about this on & off, I've seen that it can be annoying... but I don't have any news or announcements to share, sorry."
"The 'couldn't fetch' status doesn't seem to accurately represent this state and leads site operators to think there's an access issue (there isn't)."
A request was made to Google regarding the addition of a 'still processing' status for XML sitemaps. John Mueller acknowledged the potential annoyance of the current status but stated there are no announcements or plans to implement this change. The existing 'couldn't fetch' status can mislead site operators into thinking there is an access issue, which is not the case. The proposed status would provide clarity for sitemaps that have been crawled but not fully processed.
Read at Search Engine Roundtable
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