Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner
What is Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner?
About
Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner is a developer helper operated by Cloudflare. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Detail
| Operator | Cloudflare |
Type
Expected Behavior
Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.
Agent Analytics
Visits to Your Website
Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with agent analytics.
Top Websites
Robots.txt
Should I Block Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
How Do I Block Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner?
You can block Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent Token | Description |
|---|---|
Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner |
Should match instances of Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner |
# robots.txt
# This should block Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner
User-agent: Cloudflare Radar URL Scanner
Disallow: /
Recommended Solution
Instead of doing this manually, use automatic robots.txt to keep your rules updated with the latest AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
Global Bot & LLM Traffic
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