What is New Relic?
New Relic is a developer helper operated by New Relic. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when New Relic visits your website.
Category
| Operated By | New Relic |
| Triggered By | Scheduled or manual configuration |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
Why Is New Relic Visiting My Website?
Someone, most likely on your own team, configured New Relic to check your site. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools visit only the sites or endpoints they are told to watch.
Should I Block New Relic?
Only if no one on your team relies on it. New Relic may support uptime monitoring, performance tests, or audits. Blocking it without checking first can silently disrupt those workflows. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for New Relic.
Insights for New Relic
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
New Relic Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From New Relic?
New Relic's traffic often follows fixed intervals like a cron job. Activity may consist of short recurring checks or occasional intensive bursts, but it usually remains limited to a specific set of pages or endpoints.
Does New Relic Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. New Relic is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only communicates your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then use Agent Analytics to verify that its requests stop.
Is New Relic Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. New Relic is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking New Relic Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. New Relic's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does New Relic Access Private Content?
Only when configured with access. A team may grant New Relic credentials to monitor staging sites or private health endpoints. Without those credentials, it sees only public pages.
How Can I Verify a Request From New Relic?
Agent Analytics tracks New Relic visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "New Relic". Look for repeated checks of the same pages or endpoints at regular intervals. Because New Relic does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is New Relic Different From Other New Relic Agents?
New Relic operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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