google-user-triggered-fetchers
GoodBotCommunity-sourcedA specialized Google service used to fetch content on-demand when a user explicitly triggers an action within a Google product. Operated by Google.
What is google-user-triggered-fetchers?
The google-user-triggered-fetchers agent is a specialized infrastructure component operated by Google. Unlike automated crawlers that index the web at scale, this agent acts as a proxy for specific user actions, such as requesting a preview or fetching data for a Google service feature that requires immediate, user-driven content retrieval. It functions as a bridge between the end-user's intent and the target website's content.
Identification
Why it crawls your site
This bot crawls only when a user initiates a specific request within a Google application, such as clicking a link to generate a preview or triggering a fetch for a specific service integration. Because it is a verified Google agent, it respects standard robots.txt directives and is designed to provide the user with the most current version of the requested page. Site owners can verify this traffic by checking that the source IP addresses originate from Google's verified infrastructure.
IP ranges
Requests from google-user-triggered-fetchers originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.
Block or allow google-user-triggered-fetchers
Add a Disallow rule for google-user-triggered-fetchers in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block google-user-triggered-fetchers from crawling your entire site User-agent: google-user-triggered-fetchers Disallow: / # Allow google-user-triggered-fetchers full access User-agent: google-user-triggered-fetchers Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows google-user-triggered-fetchers. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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