Bot intelligence record

Cloudflare Web Scanner

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Cloudflare Web Scanner is a scanner from Cloudflare used for Cloudflare Web Scanner is used for Cloudflare Web Scanner checks liveness, content type, robots.txt directives; it appears in server logs as `CloudflareWebScanner`.

Scanner Web Property Scanning Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
Cloudflare
Family
Cloudflare
Type
Scanner
Source type
Documented
Last checked
2026-06-22

User-Agent Pattern

Cloudflare
CloudflareWebScanner
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: CloudflareWebScanner
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

Cloudflare Web Scanner is used for Cloudflare Web Scanner checks liveness, content type, robots.txt directives, and related web properties.

Record Details

Verified fields
Operator
Cloudflare
Family
Cloudflare
Type
Scanner
Purpose
Web Property Scanning
Identity type
Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-06-22
Last checked
2026-06-22
Source type
Documented
Verification
Verify Cloudflare Web Scanner by matching `CloudflareWebScanner` to Cloudflare evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Spoofing risk
Cloudflare Web Scanner has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.

Notes

  • Cloudflare Web Scanner is a scanner from Cloudflare used for Cloudflare Web Scanner is used for Cloudflare Web Scanner checks liveness, content type, robots.txt directives, and related web properties.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is CloudflareWebScanner; related patterns include CloudflareWebScanner/1.0; Cloudflare AI Crawl Control scanner.
  • Cloudflare Web Scanner is verified with High confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is documented crawler-pattern evidence.
  • Cloudflare Web Scanner does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
  • Cloudflare Web Scanner should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify Cloudflare Web Scanner by matching `CloudflareWebScanner` to Cloudflare evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
  • Cloudflare Web Scanner traffic is primarily detected by the `CloudflareWebScanner` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `CloudflareWebScanner/1.0; Cloudflare AI Crawl Control scanner`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Cloudflare infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
  • Cloudflare Web Scanner is used for Cloudflare Web Scanner checks liveness, content type, robots.txt directives, and related web properties.
  • Cloudflare Web Scanner has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.

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