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Internal Services: IndexNow + GSC Submission

1. Google Verification - Polls TXT record verification (10s × 12 = 2 min)
2. IndexNow - Notifies Bing, Yandex, and other IndexNow-compatible engines
3. Google Search Console - Submits sitemap (only if domain is verified)

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Purpose

1. Here - One-time after domain connection (Step 2)
2. BATCH 3 in daily cron - After new content is deployed

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Why Poll Google Verification in Step 2?

1. DNS Propagation: TXT records need time to propagate globally
2. More Time: By Step 2, the record has had time to propagate
3. Resilience: Polling handles slow DNS gracefully (up to 2 minutes)
4. Non-blocking: User doesn’t wait - it runs in background

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Function Signatures

async def _background_google_verify_and_submit(
    ai_site_id: str,
    entity_id: str,
    org_id: str,
    source_url: str,
    custom_domain: str,
    google_verification_token: str
)

async def _background_indexnow_submission(
    entity_id: str,
    org_id: str,
    source_url: str
)

async def _background_gsc_submission(
    ai_site_id: str,
    org_id: str,
    source_url: str
)

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Parameters

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Google Verify + Submit Orchestrator

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IndexNow

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GSC

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URLs Submitted (IndexNow)

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Execution Flow

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Polling Details

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Dependencies

• src/app/shared/google_search_console.py - verify_domain(), add_to_search_console(), submit_sitemap()
• src/app/shared/indexnow.py - submit_urls_to_indexnow()

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Code Location

src/app/apis/domain/mark_step_complete/routes.py