How long does a reconsideration request take?

Estimate the clean-up from a sample

Before giving a date for submission, assess the number of affected templates, the work required on each and any release or third-party dependencies. A rating injected by one template may have a single source fix, while a link campaign involving dozens of independent publishers creates a contact and evidence-gathering job even before Google’s review starts.

Use Google’s published review window

Google says most reconsideration reviews take several days or weeks and link-related reviews can take longer. Treat that as a broad expectation for the period after submission. Keep Google’s confirmation and the submitted text next to your fix log so everyone is working from the same start date.

Keep track while the request is pending

Watch the property’s messages and the email account that receives Search Console notifications. If a new deployment could undo the repair, test the affected behaviour again before release and record the result. Google asks site owners to wait for a decision on the outstanding request before submitting another one.

Plan the next check around the decision

If the action is lifted, record the date and examine affected pages and queries against a baseline captured before submission. Changes in clicks, crawling and indexing can follow their own timetable. If the review is unsuccessful, compare the response with the work completed, look for untested examples of the same issue and update the evidence before requesting a further review.