What is Mastodon bot?
Mastodon bot is listed as a url fetcher. Use this crawler profile to identify user-agent tokens, operator signals, platform hints, and recommended handling.
Mastodon bot
URL fetcher
- Version
- Unknown
- First seen
- Sep 17, 2025
- Confidence
- Known user-agent token
Crawler tags
Directory facts
- AI model training
- Not listed as training
- Acts on behalf of user
- Yes, user-triggered
- Obeys directives
- Yes, listed as obeying robots.txt
What is Mastodon bot?
Mastodon bot is listed as a url fetcher. Mastodon bot is likely a user-triggered fetcher that retrieves a page after someone asks for, previews, or opens a URL.
Mastodon bot matched a known crawler token in the user-agent string, but this page alone does not prove IP ownership.
How to identify Mastodon bot in logs
Search server logs for Mastodon bot. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Mastodon/{version} (+https://{instance-domain}/)
Use this as a web-crawler lookup reference for identifying how this user-agent presents itself in server logs. After you identify crawler traffic, run the WebMCP Compatibility Checker to confirm whether AI crawlers and agents can understand your site.
User-agent signals
- Product tokens
- Unknown
- Documentation
- https://{instance-domain}/
- Contact
- None found
- Platform
- Unknown · Unknown
- Browser profile
- Unknown · Unknown
- Browser-like UA
- No
- HTTP library
- Unknown
- Spoof risk
- Medium
Questions answered by this crawler profile
What is Mastodon bot?
Mastodon bot is listed as a url fetcher. Mastodon bot is likely a user-triggered fetcher that retrieves a page after someone asks for, previews, or opens a URL.
Does Mastodon bot train AI models?
Mastodon bot is not listed as being used to train AI or LLM systems.
Is Mastodon bot user-triggered?
Mastodon bot is listed as being triggered by a real user action.
How do I identify Mastodon bot in logs?
Search server logs for Mastodon bot. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Does Mastodon bot respect robots.txt?
This directory entry lists the crawler as obeying robots.txt directives. Confirm behavior in your logs before relying on user-agent strings alone.