From a5d17db8b868c62965aeae9064ce8f3e20b2df30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Anthony M. Cook" Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 11:22:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add Lightpanda user agent The Lightpanda browser is an AI-centric headless browser used for scraping and automation. It is currently being used by a botnet of millions of IP addresses, including over 20k SpaceX IPs, to scrape sites such as the official Haskell Gitlab: https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/issues/3156 --- robots.json | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/robots.json b/robots.json index c1db729..1bbe235 100644 --- a/robots.json +++ b/robots.json @@ -665,6 +665,13 @@ "frequency": "Unclear at this time.", "description": "Description unavailable from knownagents.com More info can be found at https://knownagents.com/agents/lcc" }, + "Lightpanda": { + "operator": "Anyone who downloads the Lightpanda client. Possibly being used by a [Grok-adjacent](https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/issues/3156#issuecomment-5217843616) organization's botnet.", + "respect": "At the [discretion](https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser/blob/b04c99a9111564ebe06317f644680eda5e3ee83e/src/help.zon#L385) of Lightpanda users.", + "function": "AI Data Scrapers", + "frequency": "Defined per-user.", + "description": "Lightpanda is a custom-built headless browser designed for AI and automation." + }, "LinerBot": { "operator": "Unclear at this time.", "respect": "Unclear at this time.", @@ -1141,4 +1148,4 @@ "frequency": "Unclear at this time.", "description": "Description unavailable from knownagents.com More info can be found at https://knownagents.com/agents/zanistabot" } -} \ No newline at end of file +}