What is UptimeRobot?
Direct Answer: UptimeRobot is a free website uptime monitoring service that checks if your website is up or down at configurable intervals.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify UptimeRobot in your live traffic data:
Mozilla/5.0+(compatible; UptimeRobot/2.0; http://www.uptimerobot.com/)
robots.txt Rules for UptimeRobot
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
UptimeRobot 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 UptimeRobot 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 | 87.5 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 85.7 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 86.2 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 85.6 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 87.2 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 83.2 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 78.9 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track UptimeRobot traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. UptimeRobot 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 UptimeRobot checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify UptimeRobot 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 UptimeRobot)
- 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 UptimeRobot Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.