Bot score

A provider-specific estimate that traffic is automated. It is a classification signal, not proof of identity, intent, safety, or robots compliance.

HTTP, edge and rendering

The delivery layer between an origin and a client: proxies, caches, redirects, status codes and the headers that decide what a crawler actually received.

Origin server · Reverse proxy · CDN · Edge node · WAF · TLS handshake · DNS resolution · DNS timeout · Connection timeout · Read timeout · Redirect chain · Redirect loop · 301 redirect · 302 redirect · 307 redirect · 308 redirect · 304 response · 404 response · 410 response · 429 response · 500 response · 502 response · 503 response · 504 response · HEAD request · GET request · Content type · MIME sniffing · Content encoding · Compression · Brotli · ETag · Last-Modified · If-None-Match · Cache hit · Cache miss · Cache key · Vary header · Stale response · Stale-while-revalidate · Edge redirect · Origin bypass · Response parity · Header parity

← WAF · TLS handshake →

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