ua-tracer by Paul Kinlan

trace jbgI9ijE

ua-tracer

what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?

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Trace jbgI9ijE

First seen: 2026-07-05 15:07:05.338 UTC
User-Agent: Mastodon/4.5.10 (http.rb/5.3.1; +https://social.gamefan.net/) Bot
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.

ReceivedΔKindMethodUser-Agent
2026-07-05 15:07:05.338 UTC +0 ms homepage GET Mastodon/4.5.10 (http.rb/5.3.1; +https://social.gamefan.net/) Bot
request headers (12) 
{
  "accept": "text/html",
  "accept-encoding": "gzip",
  "accept-language": "en, *;q=0.5",
  "connection": "close",
  "date": "Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:07:04 GMT",
  "host": "uatracer.com",
  "traceparent": "00-9a2f3b993f35ea24e5359d576d9b65e4-b4476faf35078dfa-01",
  "tracestate": "",
  "user-agent": "Mastodon/4.5.10 (http.rb/5.3.1; +https://social.gamefan.net/) Bot",
  "via": "HTTP/1.1 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
  "x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-9a2f3b993f35ea24e5359d576d9b65e4-1c02e86206d8be83-01",
  "x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
2026-07-05 15:07:07.125 UTC +1787 ms Open Graph image GET Mastodon/4.5.10 (http.rb/5.3.1; +https://social.gamefan.net/)
request headers (10) 
{
  "accept-encoding": "gzip",
  "connection": "close",
  "date": "Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:07:07 GMT",
  "host": "uatracer.com",
  "traceparent": "00-7a50a97fc85e1cbf415c2c6cce7ab596-1a2c593966c5d2fa-01",
  "tracestate": "",
  "user-agent": "Mastodon/4.5.10 (http.rb/5.3.1; +https://social.gamefan.net/)",
  "via": "HTTP/1.1 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
  "x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-7a50a97fc85e1cbf415c2c6cce7ab596-522ff64810c2918b-01",
  "x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}