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A red "Couldn't fetch" status in GSC does not mean your sitemap is 404. Here is the server-side diagnosis order.
TL;DR: Google Search Console showed a sitemap "Couldn't fetch" error, but server checks proved all 147 URLs returned HTTP 200 and Cloudflare blocked nothing. Per Google's docs, the message only means the last fetch attempt failed, often due to timeouts or a crowded crawl queue. The fix is patience: don't resubmit, wait a few days, then recheck.