Datadog Synthetic
recommended: observeDatadog Synthetic is a monitoring bot that performs synthetic tests and uptime checks on websites and APIs to measure performance, availability, and user experience from various locations around the world.
What it does
Datadog Synthetic's traffic often follows fixed intervals like a cron job. Activity may consist of short recurring checks or occasional intensive bursts, but it usually remains limited to a specific set of pages or endpoints.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Datadog Synthetic
Example user-agent string:
Datadog Syntheticrobots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Datadog Synthetic:
Allow full access
User-agent: Datadog Synthetic
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: Datadog Synthetic
Disallow: /
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References
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