ua-tracer
by Paul Kinlan
ua-tracer
what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?
Trace mwpfk4Mg
First seen: 2026-06-23 15:43:12.550 UTC
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 15:43:12.550 UTC | +0 ms | homepage | GET | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html) |
request headers (6){
"accept-encoding": "gzip",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-77b426cc79fe5d4c941388889d7f69f8-0e50f5c25e2ee297-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Baiduspider/2.0; +http://www.baidu.com/search/spider.html)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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| 2026-06-23 15:43:14.249 UTC | +1699 ms | JS | GET | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) |
request headers (6){
"accept-encoding": "gzip",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-6525a8f2f0e4e0fba2957159b918eb59-b2586603dab81fe2-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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| 2026-06-23 15:43:14.252 UTC | +1702 ms | ES module | GET | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) |
request headers (6){
"accept-encoding": "gzip",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-43a93e8d9a0b254fca659bdf5193250b-d460485e57e3088f-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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| 2026-06-23 15:43:16.680 UTC | +4130 ms | web app manifest | GET | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) |
request headers (6){
"accept-encoding": "gzip",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-cb59bb3b3f57f38da7baedd9e3d54237-aa7a2649eb7e7443-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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