ua-tracer
by Paul Kinlan
trace 4FmaQ8UE
what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?
Trace 4FmaQ8UE
First seen: 2026-09-13 05:17:59.804 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-13 05:17:59.804 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": "00-8906abfcfdd12c941a85bc85ad1d3d48-437ba8faa4e16b65-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "04810198d2212896",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "205b05596cf427bc",
"x-b3-traceid": "000000000000000008fb3815e123b7ac",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-8906abfcfdd12c941a85bc85ad1d3d48-499b3a440d1df0df-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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| 2026-09-13 05:18:00.124 UTC | +320 ms | Open Graph image | GET | Twitterbot/1.0 |
request headers (15){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"finagle-ctx-com.twitter.finagle.retries": "0",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-3dfd8ba59904e95f5b71f5d3e2117eae-14f84d275a695648-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "56465694b1ba8070",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "8ad570f70010b686",
"x-b3-traceid": "000000000000000008fb3815e123b7ac",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-3dfd8ba59904e95f5b71f5d3e2117eae-5dfc1ef48275b727-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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| 2026-09-13 05:18:00.532 UTC | +728 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": "00-515d089fe3006246ad5edcea9e5be578-3d2eea5f9ce2908b-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "18b7eae31de8634e",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "08597bcd4065a02d",
"x-b3-traceid": "000000000000000008fb3815e123b7ac",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-515d089fe3006246ad5edcea9e5be578-fbbc31af2b503a22-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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| 2026-09-21 22:59:34.560 UTC | +754894756 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": "00-3909982287e164dbb9055ddf38e0b8ae-89fba1dd051de9bf-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "87855ed020dce1ed",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "0eb8fb8402ea6470",
"x-b3-traceid": "0000000000000000c778d1e4fb566920"
}
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| 2026-09-21 22:59:34.562 UTC | +754894758 ms | Twitter card image | GET | Twitterbot/1.0 |
request headers (13){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"finagle-ctx-com.twitter.finagle.retries": "0",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-2d1f9f29f0d55523189966588edbe67f-d0c92bb5da6aa816-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Twitterbot/1.0",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-b3-flags": "17146314754",
"x-b3-parentspanid": "29e9848244c063b1",
"x-b3-sampled": "false",
"x-b3-spanid": "cbe0750eb0f54c13",
"x-b3-traceid": "0000000000000000c778d1e4fb566920"
}
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