---
title: seo/og-description ยท Open Graph description
description: Every route should include an og:description.
---
**Severity:** info
## What it checks
Every route should include a `` tag (own or inherited). A missing or empty tag is reported as an informational finding.
## Why it matters
og:description is the summary shown under the title in social previews; without one, platforms guess or show nothing, lowering click-through.
The [Open Graph protocol](https://ogp.me/) lists `og:description` under Optional Metadata, unlike `og:url`, which it lists as Basic and required (see [`seo/og-url`](/rules/seo/og-url)), so the severity follows the spec's own required/optional split.
## How to fix
```svelte
```
## Mode differences
**Source analysis** (the CLI, the dashboard's static baseline) composes each route's `` from `` in the page and its layout chain, followed into repo-local components, plus the known meta components (`svelte-meta-tags`, `svelte-seo`) and any you declare in `metaComponents`. A value it cannot read literally (`{data.title}`) is `dynamic`, judged by `treatDynamicAs`. **Rendered analysis** (the Vite plugin's build pass, a route you visit in the dashboard) reads the shipped ``, where every value is literal and `treatDynamicAs` does not apply; the build pass covers prerendered routes only. When the two disagree, trust the rendered result.
## Disabling
Record existing findings in the suppressions file (`npx svelte-vitals --update-suppressions`), scope the rule per route or path with `overrides`, or turn it off:
```js svelte-vitals.config.js
export default {
rules: {
'seo/og-description': 'off'
}
};
```