What is WkndHealthCheckBot?
Direct Answer: WkndHealthCheckBot is a monitoring bot operated by Wunderkind, used for performing health checks on clients' domains.
The WkndHealthCheckBot, operated by Wunderkind, is designed to perform health checks on clients' domains. It sends requests to https://client-domain/state/check-domain with 'wknd-bot' as the user agent. This bot is part of Wunderkind's server-side tracking setup, which involves configuring DNS settings and enabling server-side tracking in the Wunderkind Autonomous Marketing Platform.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify WkndHealthCheckBot in your live traffic data:
wknd-bot
robots.txt Rules for WkndHealthCheckBot
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
WkndHealthCheckBot 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:On-Demand Or Periodic, Not Specified
Request Pattern:Sends Requests To Https://Client-Domain/State/Check-Domain
Official Documentation Quotes
"Wunderkind performs domain health check on a certain frequency to validate client domain status once client has Server-side Tracking enabled properly."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for WkndHealthCheckBot 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 | 0.4 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 0.0 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 0.0 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.8 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 0.4 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 0.4 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | 0.0 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track WkndHealthCheckBot traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. WkndHealthCheckBot 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 WkndHealthCheckBot checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify WkndHealthCheckBot 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 Wunderkind)
- 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 WkndHealthCheckBot:
- crawl frequency
- IP verification method
- JavaScript rendering details
Official Documentation
View Official WkndHealthCheckBot Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.