What is NewRelicbot?
NewRelicbot monitors customer applications for availability and performance issues as part of New Relic's Intelligent Observability Platform for application performance monitoring. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when NewRelicbot visits your website.
Category
| Operated By | New Relic |
| Source | Official Website |
| 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 NewRelicbot Visiting My Website?
Someone, most likely on your own team, configured NewRelicbot 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 NewRelicbot?
Only if no one on your team relies on it. NewRelicbot 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 NewRelicbot.
Insights for NewRelicbot
As of October 29, 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
NewRelicbot Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From NewRelicbot?
NewRelicbot'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 NewRelicbot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. NewRelicbot 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 NewRelicbot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. NewRelicbot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking NewRelicbot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. NewRelicbot's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does NewRelicbot Access Private Content?
Only when configured with access. A team may grant NewRelicbot credentials to monitor staging sites or private health endpoints. Without those credentials, it sees only public pages.
How Can I Verify a Request From NewRelicbot?
Agent Analytics tracks NewRelicbot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "NewRelicbot". Look for repeated checks of the same pages or endpoints at regular intervals. Because NewRelicbot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is NewRelicbot 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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