Bot intelligence record
YandexMetrika
Usually allowUse the YandexMetrika identifier to separate Yandex uptime, accessibility, or site-health monitoring traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
User-Agent Pattern
YandexYandexMetrika
Robots.txt Snippet
Copy-readyUser-agent: YandexMetrika Disallow: /
Handling Guidance
DependsThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
Uptime checks, managed website monitoring, synthetic tests, accessibility scans, or site-health reviews.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Yandex
- Family
- Yandex
- Type
- Monitoring
- Purpose
- Monitoring
- Identity type
- Official Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Last verified
- 2026-04-29
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
- Source type
- Official
- Spoofing risk
- Yandex user-agent strings are often spoofed. Verify the source host with reverse DNS and forward DNS before allow-listing.
Notes
YandexMetrika is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a monitoring bot from Yandex. The primary identifier for log review is YandexMetrika.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
YandexMetrika - Family: Yandex
- Type: Monitoring
- Kind: Monitor
Common use
Uptime checks, managed website monitoring, synthetic tests, accessibility scans, or site-health reviews.
Verification and handling
Verify with reverse DNS and forward DNS checks; valid Yandex hosts end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: No.
Evidence and Source
- Verify with reverse DNS and forward DNS checks; valid Yandex hosts end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com.
- Match `YandexMetrika` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- Uptime checks, managed website monitoring, synthetic tests, accessibility scans, or site-health reviews.
- Yandex user-agent strings are often spoofed. Verify the source host with reverse DNS and forward DNS before allow-listing.
https://yandex.com/support/webmaster/en/robot-workings/check-yandex-robots
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