Overview
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 Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
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.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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sourcedash - Aliases
- sourcedash/1.0; Source Dashboard spiderbot
- HTTP Agent Examples
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sourcedash - Robots Token
- sourcedash
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `sourcedash` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Search engine crawler
- Kind
- Search engine crawler
- Family
- sourcedash
- Purpose
- Property search indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- sourcedash is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Detection Notes
- 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.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- sourcedash has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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User-agent: sourcedash Disallow: /
Relationships
- Operator
- Source Dashboard Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.