Cloudflare Browser Run

GoodBotVerifiedAI AssistantAGENT

Operated by Cloudflare Docs

What is Cloudflare Browser Run?

Generated from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

Cloudflare Browser Run is a web crawler operated by Cloudflare. Renders web pages in headless browsers for Cloudflare customers. Used for browser automation (screenshots, PDF generation, content extraction, etc.) and for AI agents to interact with the web. Used by Cloudflare customers via Workers bindings and REST API. Does not include the /crawl endpoint, which has a separate bot identity (Cloudflare Crawler - Signed Agent).

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Details

Bot Name
Cloudflare Browser Run
Slug
cloudflare-browser-rendering
Kind
AGENT
Verification
Verified by Cloudflare
Category
AI Assistant
Operator
Cloudflare

User-Agent Patterns

Full User-Agent Strings

Main Use Cases

Web crawlingData collection

Why It Crawls Your Site

Cloudflare Browser Run crawls websites to collect and process web content. It is operated by Cloudflare as part of their web crawling infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

How to Block / Whitelist

Block Cloudflare Browser Run

Add a Disallow rule for 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 Cloudflare Browser Run from crawling your entire site
User-agent: 
Disallow: /

# Allow Cloudflare Browser Run full access
User-agent: 
Allow: /

Whitelist Cloudflare Browser Run

Ensure your robots.txt allows . Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Cloudflare's documentation.

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Traffic & Trends

Cloudflare Radar Traffic

No Cloudflare traffic data available

Google Trends Interest

Links & References

Cloudflare Documentation

cloudflare.com

Cloudflare Radar: Cloudflare Browser Run

radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/bots/cloudflare-browser-rendering

Data Sources

This profile was compiled from the following sources:

CloudflareRadar

Last updated: May 26, 2026