Bot intelligence record
Synthetic Bot
Usually allowSynthetic Bot is a monitoring bot from DataDog used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review; it appears in server logs as `Datadog`.
- Operator
- DataDog
- Family
- DataDog
- Type
- Monitoring
- Source type
- Documented
- Last checked
- 2026-06-23
User-Agent Pattern
DataDogDatadog
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
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: Datadog
Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
NoThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
Synthetic Bot is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- DataDog
- Family
- DataDog
- Type
- Monitoring
- Purpose
- Monitoring
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-06-23
- Source type
- Documented
- Verification
- Verify Synthetic Bot by matching `Datadog` to DataDog evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Spoofing risk
- Synthetic Bot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Notes
- Synthetic Bot is a monitoring bot from DataDog used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Its primary user-agent pattern is
Datadog; a representative HTTP user-agent isDatadog Synthetic. - Synthetic Bot is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is documented crawler-pattern evidence.
- Synthetic Bot does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
- Synthetic Bot can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Evidence and Source
- Verify Synthetic Bot by matching `Datadog` to DataDog evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Synthetic Bot traffic is primarily detected by the `Datadog` user-agent pattern; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Datadog Synthetic`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with DataDog infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Synthetic Bot is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Synthetic Bot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Monitor This Bot In Edge
Botcrawl EdgeUse Botcrawl Edge to see matching traffic, identify related datacenter activity, and create allow, block, rate-limit, or log rules across connected sites.