What is catchpoint?
Direct Answer: Catchpoint is a monitoring bot operated by Catchpoint, focused on internet performance monitoring from the end-user perspective.
Catchpoint is a bot designed for monitoring and observability from the end-user perspective. It provides precise visibility into every layer of the Internet Stack, including SaaS, DNS, CDN, BGP, SASE, WAN, APIs, and more. The bot uses global intelligent agents and AI-powered analytics to turn global telemetry into actionable insight.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify catchpoint in your live traffic data:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Catchpoint)Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.1.1; Nexus 7 Build/JRO03D; Catchpoint) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.166 Safari/535.19Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; Catchpoint) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/75.0.3770.90 Safari/537.36
robots.txt Rules for catchpoint
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
catchpoint 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:Continuous
Request Pattern:Not Documented
Official Documentation Quotes
"We selected Catchpoint for its industry-leading number of backbone locations worldwide… With over 3 million clients in more than 150 countries, we needed a single provider that had visitor-like eyes for us to see how visitors experience our websites from different parts of the world."
"Keeping uptime and a super resilient platform is a must for us… Using Catchpoint, we can collect data, visualize performance, and pinpoint issues—strengthening the relationship between Catchpoint and Akamai as customers expect faster mitigations and robust reporting."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for catchpoint 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 | 76.1 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 73.1 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 73.8 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 75.7 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 73.5 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 75.9 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 71.5 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track catchpoint traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. catchpoint checks your site availability at regular intervals. Without proper identification, these requests can inflate your bot traffic metrics and distort crawl analysis.
Validate monitoring coverage. Track which pages catchpoint checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify catchpoint 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 Catchpoint)
- 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.
Undocumented Information
The following information is not officially documented for catchpoint:
- crawl frequency pattern
- IP verification method
- JavaScript rendering
Official Documentation
View Official catchpoint Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.