Overview
qcbot is an automated web identity associated with QUIC Cloud Inc..
It is used for QUIC.cloud service checks and site optimization workflows.
The documented User-Agent pattern is qcbot. User-Agent strings can be copied, so corroborate requests with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence.
Identity
- User-Agent
qcbot- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; qcbot/1.0; +http://quic.cloud/bot.html) Chrome/112.0.0.0 Safari/537.36; Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/112.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; qcbot/1.0; +http://quic.cloud/bot.html)- Identity Type
- User Agent
- Evidence Method
- Match the documented User-Agent pattern qcbot, then corroborate it with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence. User-Agent strings alone do not prove identity.
Classification
- Type
- Monitoring
- Kind
- Monitor
- Family
- QUIC Cloud Inc.
- Purpose
- monitoring
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- QUIC.cloud service checks and site optimization workflows
- Detection Notes
- Detect candidate qcbot traffic using the documented User-Agent pattern qcbot. Confirm the identity with supporting evidence before enforcement.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- qcbot can be impersonated because its User-Agent pattern can be copied. Treat the identity as confirmed only when supporting evidence matches.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: qcbot Disallow: /