Overview
Authory is a feed fetcher used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Authory; related patterns include Authory/; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Authory/1.0; +https://authory.com/).
Authory is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation.
Authory is marked as not reliably governed by robots.txt directives; use server-side rules if the traffic should be restricted.
Authory should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Authory - Aliases
- Authory/
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Authory/1.0; +https://authory.com/) - Robots Token
- Authory
- Identity Type
- Verified bot
- Evidence Method
- Verify Authory by matching `Authory` to a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
Classification
- Type
- Feed
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Family
- Authory
- Purpose
- Feed fetch
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Authory is used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
- Detection Notes
- Authory traffic is primarily detected by the `Authory` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Authory/`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Authory/1.0; +https://authory.com/)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- No
- Spoofing Risk
- Authory has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# This agent may ignore robots.txt. Use authenticated access controls or network policy when blocking is required.
Relationships
- Operator
- Authory Checked 2026-06-23
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.