What is KargoBot-Artemis?
Direct Answer: KargoBot-Artemis is Kargo's autonomous content verification bot. It's a simulation of a user on an iOS device. The bot is used to scan sites for content that may be unsuitable for customers on the Kargo ad network.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify KargoBot-Artemis in your live traffic data:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_2_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0.3 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 (compatible; KargoBot-Artemis-Mobile; +https://www.kargo.com/kargobot-artemis)
robots.txt Rules for KargoBot-Artemis
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
KargoBot-Artemis 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 KargoBot-Artemis 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 | 10.3 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.1 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 2.2 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.2 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 4.7 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 4.2 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 0.0 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track KargoBot-Artemis traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. KargoBot-Artemis 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 KargoBot-Artemis checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify KargoBot-Artemis 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 Kargo)
- 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 KargoBot-Artemis Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.