Google-InspectionTool

Google · Tools and frameworks · json

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Disallow: /
robots.txt tokenGoogle-InspectionTool
User-agent containsGoogle-InspectionTool
OperatorGoogle
CategoryTools and frameworks
robots.txtobeys robots.txt (documented)
Verify bypublished IP ranges
Published ranges135 IPv4 + 135 IPv6 · json · source

What it is

The fetcher behind Search Console's URL Inspection and the Rich Results Test. It runs when a site owner clicks a button.

What blocking it costs you

Your own Search Console live tests stop working. Blocking this only hurts you.

Full user-agent string

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Google-InspectionTool/1.0;)

Allow it instead

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Allow: /

Operator documentation: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/overview-google-crawlers
Machine copies: json · markdown
Policies that name this crawler: allow-all · maximum-ai-visibility