Lane Agent
GoodBotVerifiedAGENTThe Lane Agent is a signed agent that acts on behalf of an end user to discover and purchase from a merchant. Operated by Lane Technologies, Inc..
What is Lane Agent?
Lane Agent is a specialized, signed agent operated by Lane Technologies, Inc. designed to function as an intermediary for commerce. Unlike autonomous crawlers that index the web for search or training, Lane Agent operates strictly on-demand, triggered only when an end user initiates a specific purchase request. It adheres to standard web protocols and respects merchant access policies, ensuring that its interactions are purposeful and authorized by the user it represents.
Identification
Why it crawls your site
Lane Agent does not crawl the web autonomously or for the purpose of indexing content. It accesses specific merchant pages only when a user requests to discover or purchase a product, acting as a browser-like proxy to complete the transaction. Operators can verify the bot's identity and legitimacy by checking its HTTP Message Signatures against the public keys published in its well-known directory, ensuring the traffic is authentic and originated from Lane Technologies.
Block or allow Lane Agent
Add a Disallow rule for Lane Agent 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 Lane Agent from crawling your entire site User-agent: Lane Agent Disallow: / # Allow Lane Agent full access User-agent: Lane Agent Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Lane Agent. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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