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User-Agent filtering at the edge

Bot-mitigation rules that match on User-Agent shape and the collateral damage when SDK traffic shares that shape with crawlers.

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The compatibility probe wore the one User-Agent the CDN rule allowed

A CDN rule aimed at AI crawlers matched the Vendor/Language User-Agent shape that the official OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs send by default. The harness meant to catch it sent an allowlisted string of its own and reported green.

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Adoption22
Hype gap−5
Incentives35

Confidence55

User-Agent filtering at the edge — Clarity Today