The direct answer
Changing one rule does not prove that all affected pages are crawlable and indexable. Cached responses and other directives can still matter.
Start with the evidence
Retest representative URLs, response headers, robots rules and canonical destinations. Check whether required resources are available and whether the page contains its real content.
Make the change deliberately
Document the new public state and submit suitable follow-up checks when authorized. Report indexing as a separate observation rather than marking it complete at deployment time.
Further reading
Platform guidance can change. Consult the current official documentation before making platform-specific changes.
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