ua-tracer
by Paul Kinlan
trace 3uA5rw8G
what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?
Trace 3uA5rw8G
First seen: 2026-09-21 22:59:34.744 UTC
User-Agent: Twitterbot/1.0
Bot verification: Not a known bot (no IP-range check applies).
What this user agent did
Directly-referenced assets:
✗ fetched CSS
✗ fetched JS
✗ fetched image
✗ fetched font (HTML)
Document-level link hints:
✗ fetched favicon
✗ fetched apple-touch-icon
✗ fetched web manifest
✗ fetched preload
✗ fetched prefetch
Second-level follows (proves it parsed the linking file):
✗ followed CSS background-image
✗ followed CSS @font-face
✗ followed manifest icon
✗ followed CSS @import
Frames (does it descend into iframes?):
✗ fetched iframe document
✗ descended into iframe (loaded inner image)
Reporting (a report-only CSP is violated by inline styles; reports can arrive via HTTP headers with no JS, or via in-page beacons):
✗ sent a CSP/Reporting report (any path)
✗ delivered via report-uri/Report-To header (no JS)
✗ delivered via in-page beacon (securitypolicyviolation / ReportingObserver)
Social embed (Open Graph / Twitter card images):
✓ fetched og:image
✓ fetched twitter:image
JavaScript execution:
✗ EXECUTED classic JS
✗ EXECUTED ES module
✗ posted client timing
Server-side request waterfall
Every request the server received for this trace, in receive order. +ms is the delta from the
homepage request.
| Received | Δ | Kind | Method | User-Agent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 22:59:34.744 UTC | +0 ms | homepage | GET | Twitterbot/1.0 |
request headers (15){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"finagle-ctx-com.twitter.finagle.retries": "0",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-2fd834e62143455afd0c5ffec6f2f487-cc80e089a88596b1-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "eeb796e15a50dbe0",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "632d4926d2b7a486",
"x-b3-traceid": "00000000000000006dcccc9b9185d0b7",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-2fd834e62143455afd0c5ffec6f2f487-29cf57faa4d37639-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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| 2026-09-21 22:59:35.105 UTC | +361 ms | Open Graph image | GET | Twitterbot/1.0 |
request headers (13){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"finagle-ctx-com.twitter.finagle.retries": "0",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-d6673a901558928b45194f90fb81d965-3cfd6246a0ead544-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "b91282fc254f3ca6",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "4593b3e85d4b6274",
"x-b3-traceid": "00000000000000006dcccc9b9185d0b7"
}
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| 2026-09-21 22:59:35.334 UTC | +590 ms | Twitter card image | GET | Twitterbot/1.0 |
request headers (15){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"finagle-ctx-com.twitter.finagle.retries": "0",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-aa0e7d2b592e9be5530dc07ecaadd93c-0920019d30d45a88-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "d4c41d23fcee7fc8",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "b742905c10131830",
"x-b3-traceid": "00000000000000006dcccc9b9185d0b7",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-aa0e7d2b592e9be5530dc07ecaadd93c-59c85fc14c672ba6-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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