What is synthetic-monitoring-agent?
synthetic-monitoring-agent is a probe agent developed by Grafana Labs that performs network checks and monitoring tests from distributed locations. It executes various types of health checks on websites and services to monitor uptime, performance, and availability as part of Grafana's Synthetic Monitoring application. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Grafana Labs |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
| Insights Last Updated | July 9, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
synthetic-monitoring-agent'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.
synthetic-monitoring-agent's User Agent
| User Agent | synthetic-monitoring-agent/v0.60.0 (linux amd64; 1de8401e1003342a7acfb95fa9f8ef05116a8b25; 2026-06-29T17:04:17Z; +https://github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent) |
How To Block synthetic-monitoring-agent With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to request that synthetic-monitoring-agent 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: synthetic-monitoring-agent # https://knownagents.com/agents/synthetic-monitoring-agent
Disallow: /synthetic-monitoring-agent Global Insights
As of July 9, 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent in their robots.txt files.
Overall Developer Helper Traffic
0.6% of all web traffic came from developer helpers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block synthetic-monitoring-agent?
Only if nobody you work with uses it. synthetic-monitoring-agent 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent right now.
Does synthetic-monitoring-agent Respect Robots.txt?
No. synthetic-monitoring-agent is not expected to honor robots.txt, 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent 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, synthetic-monitoring-agent sees only public pages.
Why Is synthetic-monitoring-agent Visiting My Website?
Someone pointed synthetic-monitoring-agent 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks synthetic-monitoring-agent 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 "synthetic-monitoring-agent". Look for regular checks of the same pages or endpoints, often minutes apart. Keep in mind that synthetic-monitoring-agent 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.