What is Stape?
Stape scanner monitors and analyzes website tracking tag configurations to help optimize server-side tracking setups and improve data collection quality for marketing analytics. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Stape visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Stape |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | September 15, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Stape'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.
Stape's User Agent
| User Agent | Stape/1.0.0 |
How To Block Stape With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that Stape 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: Stape # https://knownagents.com/agents/stape
Disallow: /Insights for Stape
As of September 15, 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 Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
7% of top websites block Stape in their robots.txts.
Overall Developer Helper Traffic
0.8% of all web traffic came from developer helpers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Stape?
Only if no one on your team relies on it. Stape 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 Stape.
Does Stape Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. Stape 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.
Does Stape Access Private Content?
Only when configured with access. A team may grant Stape credentials to monitor staging sites or private health endpoints. Without those credentials, it sees only public pages.
How Can I Tell if Stape Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Stape visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Stape". Look for repeated checks of the same pages or endpoints at regular intervals. Because Stape does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
Why Is Stape Visiting My Website?
Someone, most likely on your own team, configured Stape to check your site. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools visit only the sites or endpoints they are told to watch.