What is MirrorWebCrawler?
Direct Answer: MirrorWebCrawler is a web archiving bot operated by MirrorWeb Ltd, providing archival solutions for financial and public sectors.
The MirrorWebCrawler is a commercial web archiving bot used for capturing and preserving website content in real-time. It is operated by MirrorWeb Ltd, a company that provides archival solutions for the financial and public sector. The bot's primary function is to archive websites for compliance, proof, and peace of mind, meeting financial regulations, FOIA requirements, or preserving content for legal purposes.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify MirrorWebCrawler in your live traffic data:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/78.0.3904.97 Safari/537.36 +https://www.mirrorweb.com
robots.txt Rules for MirrorWebCrawler
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
MirrorWebCrawler 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:Real-Time Website Capture
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for MirrorWebCrawler 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 | 28.0 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 26.3 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 20.2 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.1 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 16.4 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 23.7 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 23.3 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track MirrorWebCrawler traffic?
Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. MirrorWebCrawler 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 MirrorWebCrawler crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.
Log Verification
To verify MirrorWebCrawler 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 MirrorWeb Ltd)
- 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 MirrorWebCrawler:
- crawl frequency details
- IP verification method
- JavaScript rendering details
Official Documentation
View Official MirrorWebCrawler Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.