About this bot
Google-Agent is associated with Google and used for user-triggered-agent.
The primary identifying signal is Google-Agent.
Representative request identity: Browser-style User-Agents include the Google-Agent token; signed requests can identify the agent through Google's Web Bot Auth identity..
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: signed-agent.
robots.txt is not recorded as a reliable control for this request mode.
Common use: navigating and acting on websites in response to users of agents hosted on Google infrastructure.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling: depends.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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Google-AgentBrowser-style User-Agents include the Google-Agent token; signed requests can identify the agent through Google's Web Bot Auth identity. - Also known as
- Google hosted agent fetcher; GoogleAgent-Mariner; Project Mariner
Details
- Kind
- Agent
- Family
- Purpose
- User-triggered agent
- Common Use
- navigating and acting on websites in response to users of agents hosted on Google infrastructure
- Respects robots.txt
- No
Verification
- Identity Type
- Signed agent
- Evidence Method
- Validate Google's documented HTTP message signature / Web Bot Auth identity when present; unsigned `Google-Agent` strings remain spoofable.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `Google-Agent` identity in request logs and corroborate the surrounding request context. A User-Agent string alone can be copied.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt is not a reliable control for this identity. Use server-side access controls if restriction is required.