Bot intelligence record

Hexometer

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Hexometer is a monitoring bot used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review; it appears in server logs as `Hexometer`.

Monitoring Bot Uptime And Performance Monitoring Documented Confidence: Medium Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
Hexometer
Family
Hexometer
Source type
Observed
Last checked
2026-06-22

User-Agent Pattern

Hexometer
Hexometer
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: Hexometer
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Allow

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

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

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Hexometer
Family
Hexometer
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 Hexometer by matching `Hexometer` to observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
Spoofing risk
Hexometer has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

Notes

  • Hexometer is a monitoring bot used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is Hexometer.
  • Hexometer is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
  • Hexometer does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
  • Hexometer can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify Hexometer by matching `Hexometer` to observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
  • Hexometer traffic is primarily detected by the `Hexometer` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
  • Hexometer is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
  • Hexometer has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

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