Overview
ArenaBot is a link preview bot from Arena.im used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.
Its primary user-agent pattern is ArenaBot; related patterns include Arena Bot; a representative HTTP user-agent is ArenaBot/1.0 (+https://arena.im/bot/ contact@arena.im).
ArenaBot is not independently verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Observed, and the evidence basis is observed traffic evidence with a supporting public reference.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
ArenaBot can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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ArenaBot - Aliases
- Arena Bot
- HTTP Agent Examples
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ArenaBot/1.0 (+https://arena.im/bot/; contact@arena.im) - Robots Token
- ArenaBot
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Verify ArenaBot by matching `ArenaBot` to Arena.im evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Classification
- Type
- Preview
- Kind
- Preview
- Family
- Arena.im
- Purpose
- Preview
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- ArenaBot is used for link unfurling, rich-card generation, social previews, messaging previews, and page metadata fetching.
- Detection Notes
- ArenaBot traffic is primarily detected by the `ArenaBot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Arena Bot`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `ArenaBot/1.0 (+https://arena.im/bot/ contact@arena.im)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Arena.im infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- ArenaBot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Arena.im Checked 2026-06-20
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.