Bot intelligence record

sourcedash

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sourcedash is a search crawler from Source Dashboard used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness; it appears in server logs as `sourcedash`.

Search Engine Crawler Property Search Indexing Documented Confidence: Medium Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes
Operator
Source Dashboard
Family
sourcedash
Source type
Documented
Last checked
2026-06-22

User-Agent Pattern

Source Dashboard
sourcedash
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: sourcedash
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

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

sourcedash is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Source Dashboard
Family
sourcedash
Type
Search Engine Crawler
Purpose
Property Search Indexing
Identity type
Documented
Confidence
Medium
Last verified
2026-06-22
Last checked
2026-06-22
Source type
Documented
Verification
Verify sourcedash by matching `sourcedash` to Source Dashboard evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Spoofing risk
sourcedash has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

Notes

  • sourcedash is a search crawler from Source Dashboard used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is sourcedash; related patterns include sourcedash/1.0; Source Dashboard spiderbot.
  • sourcedash is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is documented crawler-pattern evidence.
  • sourcedash is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
  • sourcedash should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify sourcedash by matching `sourcedash` to Source Dashboard evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
  • sourcedash traffic is primarily detected by the `sourcedash` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `sourcedash/1.0; Source Dashboard spiderbot`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Source Dashboard infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
  • sourcedash is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
  • sourcedash 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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