What is grafana?
grafana Synthetic Monitoring agent executes network checks and probes from global locations to test website availability, performance, and API functionality, providing real-time monitoring and alerting. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Grafana Labs |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | July 12, 2026 |
Category
Expected Behavior
grafana's traffic is as regular as a cron job, because it usually is one. Uptime monitors hit the same endpoint every few minutes, while performance and audit tools run deeper scans on demand. Expect narrow, repetitive access to specific pages rather than crawling.
grafana's User Agent
| User Agent | Grafana-Synthetic-Monitoring |
How To Block grafana With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that grafana not access your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to request the same of all developer helpers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: grafana # https://knownagents.com/agents/grafana
Disallow: /Global Insights for grafana
As of July 12, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block grafana in their robots.txt files.
Overall Developer Helper Traffic
0.5% of all web traffic came from developer helpers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block grafana?
Only if nobody you work with uses it. grafana is the kind of tool a team points at its own site for uptime checks, performance tests, and audits. If someone on your team relies on it, blocking it silently breaks their monitoring. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for grafana right now.
Does grafana Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. grafana is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only states your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then confirm in Agent Analytics that its requests actually stop.
Does grafana Access Private Content?
Only if its owner sets that up. Monitoring tools check whatever they are configured to check, which can include staging sites and private health endpoints when a team grants access. Uninvited, grafana sees only public pages.
Why Is grafana Visiting My Website?
Someone pointed grafana at your site, most likely your own team. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools only visit the sites they are configured to watch.
How Can I Tell if grafana Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks grafana visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "grafana". Look for regular checks of the same pages or endpoints, often minutes apart. Keep in mind that grafana doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.