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Twilio Proxy

Name: Twilio Proxy
Author: Twilio, Inc.

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Twilio webhook requests triggered by Twilio when there are incoming SMSes, calls, etc. Operated by Twilio, Inc..

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Assessment

Webhooks

What is Twilio Proxy?

Twilio Proxy is a web crawler operated by Twilio, Inc.. Twilio webhook requests triggered by Twilio when there are incoming SMSes, calls, etc.

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

Identification

Bot name

Twilio Proxy

Operator

Twilio, Inc.

Why it crawls your site

Twilio Proxy crawls websites to deliver webhook payloads and verify endpoints. It is operated by Twilio, Inc. as part of their webhook delivery infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

Block or allow Twilio Proxy

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for TwilioProxy/ 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 Twilio Proxy from crawling your entire site
User-agent: TwilioProxy/
Disallow: /

# Allow Twilio Proxy full access
User-agent: TwilioProxy/
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows TwilioProxy/. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Twilio, Inc.'s documentation.