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What is Bushbaby?

Direct Answer: Bushbaby is a security bot operated by Cloudflare to manage and renew SSL certificates.

Operator: Cloudflare Type: Security Scanner Purpose: SSL certificate management and renewal

Bushbaby is an internal bot used by Cloudflare for managing and renewing SSL certificates for websites that use Cloudflare's services. It is categorized under security and uses the user-agent 'bushbaby/'.

User-Agent Identification

The following user-agent strings identify Bushbaby in your live traffic data:

  • bushbaby/

robots.txt Rules for Bushbaby

Respects robots.txt: No

This bot does not commit to following robots.txt

Bushbaby 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 Behavior

Frequency:Not Documented

Request Pattern:Not Documented

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for Bushbaby 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 28, 2026 17.5
Mar 29, 2026 15.5
Mar 30, 2026 17.9
Mar 31, 2026 23.3
Apr 1, 2026 25.1
Apr 2, 2026 18.8
Apr 3, 2026 32.8

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track Bushbaby traffic?

Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. Bushbaby may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.

Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what Bushbaby crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.

Log Verification

To verify Bushbaby traffic in your live traffic data:

  1. Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
  2. Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Cloudflare)
  3. Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
  4. 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.

Undocumented Information

The following information is not officially documented for Bushbaby:

  • crawl frequency
  • request pattern
  • IP verification method
  • JavaScript rendering

Official Documentation

View Official Bushbaby Documentation →

Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.