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SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime

A homepage request arriving once every minute may come from the uptime feature in a SISTRIX Optimizer project.
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What is SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime?

A homepage request arriving once every minute may come from the uptime feature in a SISTRIX Optimizer project. SISTRIX uses that repeated request to measure whether the project's start page is available. It is separate from the wider on-page crawl.

The uptime check identifies itself as Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SISTRIX Optimizer; Uptime; +https://www.sistrix.com/faq/uptime). The Uptime marker and the fixed one-minute schedule distinguish it from the default Optimizer crawler, which uses another user agent and runs site analysis on a different schedule.

Someone with access to the SISTRIX project can switch the check off for that project. SISTRIX documents the setting under Project-Management > Crawler as Activate uptime monitoring. Until it is disabled, the start page continues to receive the availability request.

This check does not gather pages for model training or an AI answer index. Its connection to search is indirect: an outage report can warn the project owner that the homepage is unavailable. The SISTRIX uptime request itself does not improve inclusion in AI answers.

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Is SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime relevant for AI search?

No. SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime is not part of AI search or training, so allowing or blocking it does not change your AI visibility.

SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime runs synthetic monitoring or uptime checks on a schedule. It is not collecting content for any index or model, so it has no bearing on search rankings or AI answers. You usually see it because your own team or a service you use set up a check.

How to handle SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime

Let the start page answer normally when the SISTRIX project owner expects an uptime reading. A login wall, firewall rejection, or bot challenge can make an available site look unavailable to the project.

To end the one-minute requests, open Project-Management > Crawler for the relevant SISTRIX project and clear Activate uptime monitoring. The uptime FAQ publishes the full user agent but does not give this check a dedicated robots token or a robots.txt example. The bot record marks robots support, yet the project setting is the documented control. If the check is unfamiliar, look for an old Optimizer project before blocking every SISTRIX request at the server.

Examples

  • An SEO team finds `SISTRIX Optimizer; Uptime` requesting only the configured start page each minute and matches the traffic to its Optimizer project.
  • A retired microsite still receives the check, so its owner clears `Activate uptime monitoring` in the old project rather than adding a broad SISTRIX block.

Frequently asked questions about SISTRIX Optimizer Uptime

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An Optimizer project has uptime monitoring enabled. SISTRIX requests that project's start page once per minute to measure availability.

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