Bot intelligence record
Datadog Synthetics
Review firstDatadog Synthetics is a monitoring bot from Datadog used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review; it appears in server logs as `DatadogSynthetics`.
- Operator
- DataDog
- Family
- DataDog
- Type
- Monitoring Bot
- Source type
- Observed
- Last checked
- 2026-06-22
User-Agent Pattern
DatadogDatadogSynthetics
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
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: DatadogSynthetics
Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
AllowUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
Datadog Synthetics is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- DataDog
- Family
- DataDog
- Type
- Monitoring Bot
- Purpose
- Uptime And Performance Monitoring
- Identity type
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
- Last checked
- 2026-06-22
- Source type
- Observed
- Verification
- 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.
- 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.
Notes
- Datadog Synthetics is a monitoring bot from Datadog used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Its primary user-agent pattern is
DatadogSynthetics. - Datadog Synthetics is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
- Datadog Synthetics does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
- Datadog Synthetics can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Evidence and Source
- 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.
- Datadog Synthetics is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Datadog Synthetics has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Monitor This Bot In Edge
Botcrawl EdgeUse Botcrawl Edge to see matching traffic, identify related datacenter activity, and create allow, block, rate-limit, or log rules across connected sites.