# Verify your installation
> Check that the Revfaro script is sending visits, read the setup status in your website settings, and fix the most common reasons data doesn't arrive.
**In short:** Open your website in a normal browser window, then look at the **Install the script** step in **Website settings › Setup**: once a visit arrives it turns green and shows the visitors of the last 24 hours. For a closer look, your browser's developer tools should show a request to `/api/event` answered with status 202 on every page.
### Visit your website
Open your website in a normal browser window, on its real domain. A private window is a good choice: it has no browser extensions and no opt-out flag from earlier tests.
### Check the setup status
In Revfaro, open the website's settings (click the website name at the top of its dashboard, then **Site settings & install**). In the **Setup** tab, the **Install the script** step shows:
- a green check and **N visitors in the last 24h** when visits arrive, or
- **No visits in the last 24h** while nothing has arrived yet. Click **Check again** to refresh.
The other two steps work the same way: **Track goals** turns green once a goal was completed in the last 30 days, and **Connect payments** once a payment provider is connected or a payment arrived.
### Watch your visit live
Open the website's dashboard and click **Live** (or press M). Your own visit appears on the map and in the activity feed within seconds. See [Live view](https://revfaro.com/docs/live-view/).
## Check the request in your browser
For a closer look, open your browser's developer tools (F12), go to the **Network** tab and reload your page. Filter by `event`. Every page view sends a request to `/api/event`, and its status tells you what happened:
| Status | Meaning | What to do |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `202` | The event was accepted for processing. | Allow a short processing delay. If it still does not appear, see the checks below. |
| `403` | The page isn't on the website's domain or one of its subdomains. | Check the domain under **Website settings › General**, or install the script with the right website ID. |
| `404` | No website has this website ID. | Copy the snippet again from the **Setup** tab. |
| `429` | Too many events from one address in a short time. | Normal browsing never reaches this limit. Behind your own proxy, pass on the visitor's address; see [Proxy the script](https://revfaro.com/docs/proxy/#how-the-proxy-works). |
No request at all? The script didn't load or decided not to send. The most common reasons are below.
## Why aren't my visits showing?
**You excluded yourself.** Opening any page with `?rf_ignore=true` turns tracking off in that browser until you open a page with `?rf_ignore=false`. A private window ignores this flag.
**An ad blocker blocked the script.** Some blockers stop analytics scripts. Try another browser, or [serve the script from your own domain](https://revfaro.com/docs/proxy/).
**The page is on another domain.** Only your website's domain and its subdomains are recorded. `localhost`, `*.vercel.app` preview URLs and other domains are refused with `403`.
**Your traffic is excluded.** An IP address, country, hostname or page rule under **Website settings › Tracking › Exclusions** drops matching events. The card shows how many events were excluded in the last 7 days.
**The browser is automated.** Browsers controlled by test tools (Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium) and known bots are never counted as visitors. Bots can be tracked separately; see [Bot traffic](https://revfaro.com/docs/bot-traffic/).
**A Content Security Policy blocks it.** If your browser console shows a CSP error, allow Revfaro in `script-src` and `connect-src`. See [Install the tracking script](https://revfaro.com/docs/install/#using-a-content-security-policy).
**The workspace's plan isn't active.** When a trial or subscription has ended, new events are not recorded. A banner at the top of the dashboard says so. See [Plans, billing and usage limits](https://revfaro.com/docs/billing/).
Still stuck? See [Troubleshooting](https://revfaro.com/docs/troubleshooting/).
## Frequently asked questions
### How quickly do visits appear in Revfaro?
Within a few seconds. The live view and the **Setup** status update as soon as the first event is recorded.
### Why does the setup status say "No visits in the last 24h" when I just visited my site?
Click **Check again** to refresh it. If it still says no visits, the request was refused or never sent; the table of status codes on this page tells you which.
### Can I test Revfaro on localhost?
Visits are only recorded on your website's domain and its subdomains, so pages on `localhost` are not recorded. Test on your live site or on a staging subdomain such as `staging.example.com`, and exclude that subdomain afterwards if you don't want it in your numbers.
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Source: https://revfaro.com/docs/verify-installation/ · Last updated 2026-10-28