Im currently struggling with this same tag as well on GSC. They're discovered, but not indexed. I didn't have a problem with it until I submitted an xml sitemap to GSC, so I'm wondering if that mapping - and the priorities it communicates - cause GSC to prioritize some pages more than others.
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Im currently struggling with this same tag as well on GSC. They're discovered, but not indexed. I didn't have a problem with it until I submitted an xml sitemap to GSC, so I'm wondering if that mapping - and the priorities it communicates - cause GSC to prioritize some pages more than others.