ua-tracer
by Paul Kinlan
ua-tracer
what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?
Trace oVBRd309
First seen: 2026-07-03 04:21:48.195 UTC
User-Agent: LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com)
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 04:21:48.195 UTC | +0 ms | homepage | GET | LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com) |
request headers (14){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip,deflate",
"connection": "Keep-Alive",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"range": "bytes=0-3145727",
"service-name": "babylonia-nearline-ingestion",
"traceparent": "00-8edb75bf46545c32002243d18cccc12b-67968013d8df45b9-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-li-calltree-request-id": "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==",
"x-li-r2-w-ic-1": "com.linkedin.container.rpc.trace.rpcTrace=,serviceCallTraceData=%7B%22version%22%3A5%2C%22treeId%22%3A%22AAZVrUNZv83WKUWVMpmFnQ%3D%3D%22%2C%22rqId%22%3A0%2C%22caller%22%3A%7B%22env%22%3A%22%22%2C%22container%22%3A%22%22%2C%22service%22%3A%22%22%2C%22version%22%3A%2250.0.665%22%2C%22machine%22%3A%22%22%2C%22physical%22%3A%22%22%2C%22instance%22%3A%22%22%2C%22slice%22%3A%22051602f6-92fe-4373-8f49-80ad6b5933c7%22%2C%22sliceInstance%22%3A%22babylonia-nearline-ingestion-4-2xq24-kb4kw%22%7D%2C%22taskId%22%3A1%2C%22scale%22%3A0.0%2C%22enabled%22%3Afalse%2C%22context%22%3A%7B%22traceContext%22%3A%22babylonia_async_ingestion_processor%22%7D%7D",
"x-li-r2-w-ic-1-com.linkedin.container.rpc.trace.rpctrace": "",
"x-li-r2-w-ic-1-servicecalltracedata": "{\"version\":5,\"treeId\":\"AAZVrUNZv83WKUWVMpmFnQ==\",\"rqId\":0,\"caller\":{\"env\":\"\",\"container\":\"\",\"service\":\"\",\"version\":\"50.0.665\",\"machine\":\"\",\"physical\":\"\",\"instance\":\"\",\"slice\":\"051602f6-92fe-4373-8f49-80ad6b5933c7\",\"sliceInstance\":\"babylonia-nearline-ingestion-4-2xq24-kb4kw\"},\"taskId\":1,\"scale\":0.0,\"enabled\":false,\"context\":{\"traceContext\":\"babylonia_async_ingestion_processor\"}}"
}
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| 2026-07-03 04:21:49.621 UTC | +1426 ms | Open Graph image | GET | LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com) |
request headers (7){
"accept-encoding": "gzip,deflate",
"connection": "Keep-Alive",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-72df807fb0561a6eb3451631f642abe0-51abd366230f3fac-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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| 2026-07-03 04:21:49.628 UTC | +1433 ms | image | GET | LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com) |
request headers (9){
"accept-encoding": "gzip,deflate",
"connection": "Keep-Alive",
"host": "uatracer.com",
"traceparent": "00-de61bb262105eec09986efeb3fb7802b-3075e62d33490c2f-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Apache-HttpClient +http://www.linkedin.com)",
"via": "HTTP/1.1 ord.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net",
"x-deno-userspace-traceparent": "00-de61bb262105eec09986efeb3fb7802b-34b8ebc02d8223c6-01",
"x-deno-userspace-tracestate": ""
}
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