What is Spectate?
Direct Answer: Spectate is an uptime monitoring bot operated by Spectate, used for healthchecks.
The Spectate bot is designed for uptime and performance monitoring of websites added by users or clients. It sends requests to check website availability and sends notifications if issues are detected. The bot's user-agent string is 'Spectate/1.0 (+https://docs.spectate.net/faq/uptime-monitor-bot)'.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify Spectate in your live traffic data:
Spectate/1.0 (+https://docs.spectate.net/faq/uptime-monitor-bot)
robots.txt Rules for Spectate
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
Spectate 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
Official Documentation Quotes
"You or one of our clients has added your website to Spectate to monitor it for uptime and performance."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for Spectate 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 | 3.5 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 4.5 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 5.8 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.7 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 8.3 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 3.5 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 0.0 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track Spectate traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. Spectate 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 Spectate checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify Spectate 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 Spectate)
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
IP Verification: Spectate provides official IP verification via Published IP ranges. View verification instructions →
IP addresses are available for blocking
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 Spectate:
- crawl frequency
- request pattern
- JavaScript rendering
Official Documentation
View Official Spectate Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.