Who operates DigitalOceanUptimeBot?

DigitalOceanUptimeBot is a monitoring bot; its operator is identified in its user-agent string and public documentation.

Does DigitalOceanUptimeBot respect robots.txt?

Yes. DigitalOceanUptimeBot generally follows robots.txt directives, so you can allow or disallow it with a rule for its user agent.

Should I block DigitalOceanUptimeBot?

It depends on whether you rely on the service behind DigitalOceanUptimeBot. If you do, keep it allowed; otherwise you can disallow it in robots.txt.

DigitalOceanUptimeBot - What It Is & How to Handle It

What is DigitalOceanUptimeBot?

DigitalOceanUptimeBot is a monitoring bot. DigitalOcean Uptime is a monitoring service that checks the health of any URL or IP address. The probe performs checks from multiple global regions to monitor latency, uptime, and SSL certificates of websites and hosts.

DigitalOceanUptimeBot is an operational bot rather than an AI crawler, so it does not directly affect whether you appear in AI answers. It still shows up in your logs, and bots like it help keep your site healthy and crawlable, which indirectly supports both SEO and AI visibility.

Like any automated client, DigitalOceanUptimeBot consumes crawl budget and appears in your server and CDN logs. Reviewing those logs alongside your robots.txt rules helps you keep automated traffic deliberate and easy to reason about.

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How to handle DigitalOceanUptimeBot

Whether to allow DigitalOceanUptimeBot depends on whether you rely on the service behind it. Use a robots.txt rule to allow or disallow it.

To control DigitalOceanUptimeBot, add a rule for its user agent to your robots.txt:

User-agent: DigitalOceanUptimeBot
Disallow: /

DigitalOceanUptimeBot generally honors robots.txt directives.

Examples

A site owner spots DigitalOceanUptimeBot in access logs and confirms it against the operator's documented user agent.
An operations team allows DigitalOceanUptimeBot so the service it powers keeps working as expected.