ua-tracer
by Paul Kinlan
trace XVKP7SaP
what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?
Trace XVKP7SaP
First seen: 2026-07-03 04:12:56.762 UTC
User-Agent: HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 04:12:56.762 UTC | +0 ms | homepage | GET | HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0 |
request headers (11){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
"accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"priority": "u=3",
"traceparent": "00-fbdcbcbbea95d5ba7ea5fb0702cb6b8d-1d9276b963a81c92-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0",
"via": "HTTP/2 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-fbdcbcbbea95d5ba7ea5fb0702cb6b8d-2d0328b37e5be018-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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| 2026-07-03 04:12:58.049 UTC | +1287 ms | Open Graph image | GET | HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0 |
request headers (12){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
"accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"cookie": "ua-tracer-trace=XVKP7SaP",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"priority": "u=3",
"traceparent": "00-1a35e7431ebc309a190170ac091b7a91-f1162fb730165f86-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0",
"via": "HTTP/2 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-1a35e7431ebc309a190170ac091b7a91-cfc2a17f3d4150f0-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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| 2026-07-03 04:13:33.920 UTC | +37158 ms | Open Graph image | GET | HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0 |
request headers (12){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
"accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"cookie": "ua-tracer-trace=XVKP7SaP",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"priority": "u=3",
"traceparent": "00-95d56336081ecce111e8e4a9085c0228-cf86fe0c44da6c3f-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "HackerNews/1566 CFNetwork/3889.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0",
"via": "HTTP/2 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-95d56336081ecce111e8e4a9085c0228-e47e0b62ff972be4-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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