What is Bluesky Link Preview Service?
Direct Answer: Bluesky social pulls links in advance to render webpage previews.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify Bluesky Link Preview Service in your live traffic data:
Bluesky/
robots.txt Rules for Bluesky Link Preview Service
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
Bluesky Link Preview Service does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.
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Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for Bluesky Link Preview Service over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.
View recent activity data (last 7 days)
| Date | Activity Index |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 88.0 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 82.7 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 83.1 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 81.8 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 87.3 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 90.2 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 88.9 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track Bluesky Link Preview Service traffic?
Ensure your link previews render correctly. Bluesky Link Preview Service fetches your pages to generate link preview cards on Bluesky . If it can't access your meta tags, your shared links display broken or generic previews.
Monitor social sharing activity. Bluesky Link Preview Service requests correlate with how often your URLs are being shared on Bluesky , even before engagement metrics are available.
Log Verification
To verify Bluesky Link Preview Service traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Bluesky )
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.
Verify your link previews work — and track social bot access
- Confirm Bluesky Link Preview Service can access your Open Graph meta tags
- Track which URLs are being shared on Bluesky
- Detect failed fetches causing broken preview cards
Official Documentation
View Official Bluesky Link Preview Service Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.