Which user-agent strings identify Channable?

The following user-agent strings identify Channable: channable/importer/ .

Does Channable respect robots.txt rules?

According to official documentation, Channable does not respect robots.txt rules.

How can I verify Channable traffic with live traffic data?

You can verify Channable requests by checking your server access logs for the documented user-agent strings. For accurate verification, correlate user-agent patterns with IP ranges or verification methods provided by Channable.

What is Channable?

Direct Answer: Channable is a tool used by some Cloudflare customers. The tool downloads data from the customers' systems for marketing automation and e-commerce automation.

Operator: Channable Type: Advertising Bot Purpose: Ad verification

User-Agent Identification

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

channable/importer/<system specific string>

robots.txt Rules for Channable

Respects robots.txt: No

This bot does not commit to following robots.txt

Channable 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

Request Pattern:Not documented

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for Channable 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	88.8

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track Channable traffic?

Verify ad system crawling behavior. Channable evaluates your pages for ad targeting, quality scoring, and policy compliance.

Optimize ad delivery. If Channable can't properly access certain pages, ad targeting and revenue may be impacted. Log monitoring confirms accessibility.

Log Verification

To verify Channable 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 Channable)
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.

Official Documentation

View Official Channable Documentation →

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