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. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when synthetic-monitoring-agent visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | synthetic-monitoring-agent/v0.67.0 (linux amd64; 6036af8c575223c50cc147d0bd945af2a1253554; 2026-10-22T10:51:28Z; +https://github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent) |
| Operated By | Grafana Labs |
| 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent Visiting My Website?
Someone, most likely on your own team, configured synthetic-monitoring-agent 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent?
Only if no one on your team relies on it. synthetic-monitoring-agent 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent.
Insights for synthetic-monitoring-agent
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
synthetic-monitoring-agent Traffic
0.0046% of all website traffic is coming from synthetic-monitoring-agent.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From synthetic-monitoring-agent?
synthetic-monitoring-agent'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 synthetic-monitoring-agent Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. synthetic-monitoring-agent 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 synthetic-monitoring-agent Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. synthetic-monitoring-agent is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking synthetic-monitoring-agent Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. synthetic-monitoring-agent's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does synthetic-monitoring-agent Access Private Content?
Only when configured with access. A team may grant synthetic-monitoring-agent credentials to monitor staging sites or private health endpoints. Without those credentials, it sees only public pages.
How Can I Verify a Request From synthetic-monitoring-agent?
Agent Analytics tracks synthetic-monitoring-agent visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "synthetic-monitoring-agent". Look for repeated checks of the same pages or endpoints at regular intervals. Because synthetic-monitoring-agent does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is synthetic-monitoring-agent Different From Other Grafana Labs Agents?
Grafana Labs operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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