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Datadog Synthetics

Review

Datadog Synthetics is a monitoring bot from Datadog used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review.

User-Agent

DatadogSynthetics

User-agent strings are identity signals, not proof of identity. Confirm the source and behavior before trusting a request.

Verification and Detection

Verification method: Verify Datadog Synthetics by matching `DatadogSynthetics` to Datadog evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.

Datadog Synthetics traffic is primarily detected by the `DatadogSynthetics` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Datadog infrastructure before trusting the traffic.

Handling Guidance

Use this record as identity context. Verify the request source, behavior, and relevance to your site before allowing or restricting traffic.

Datadog Synthetics is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.

Record Details

Operator
Datadog
Family
Datadog
Kind
Monitoring Bot
Purpose
Uptime And Performance Monitoring
Identity
Documented
Detection confidence
Medium
Spoofing risk
Datadog Synthetics Has Medium Spoofing Risk Because User Agent Strings Can Be Copied; Pair The Match With DNS, IP, Behavior, Or Operator Evidence.
Status
Active
Respects robots.txt
Unknown
Last verified
2026 06 22

Robots.txt Snippet

User-agent: DatadogSynthetics
Disallow: /