atlassian-bot
Atlassian •
Web Crawler
What is atlassian-bot?
Atlassian documents atlassian-bot as the robots.txt identity for its custom-website connector. An organisation configures the website and crawl frequency before Teamwork Graph indexes its content for Atlassian search and Rovo experiences. This is not evidence that Atlassian indiscriminately crawls every public site. Atlassian says the connector follows allow and disallow rules for this token, and publishes IP ranges identified with the rovo-crawler product.
User Agent String
atlassian-bot
How to Control atlassian-bot
Block Completely
To prevent atlassian-bot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block atlassian-bot
User-agent: atlassian-bot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: atlassian-bot
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /public/
Set Crawl Delay
To slow down the crawl rate (note: not all bots respect this directive):
User-agent: atlassian-bot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify atlassian-bot
Verification Method:
Check Atlassian's current ip-ranges.atlassian.com data for the rovo-crawler product; the token alone does not prove origin.
Check Atlassian's current ip-ranges.atlassian.com data for the rovo-crawler product; the token alone does not prove origin.
Learn more in the official documentation.
⚠️ AI Training Notice
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect atlassian-bot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/atlassian\-bot/i
Strict Pattern
/^atlassian\-bot$/
Flexible Pattern
/atlassian\-bot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*Atlassian.*atlassian\-bot/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for atlassian-bot
function detect_atlassian_bot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/atlassian\-bot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('atlassian-bot detected from IP: ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
// Set cache headers
header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
header('X-Robots-Tag: noarchive');
// Optional: Serve cached version
if (file_exists('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html')) {
readfile('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for atlassian-bot
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_atlassian_bot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'atlassian\-bot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class atlassian_botMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for atlassian-bot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect atlassian-bot
function detect_atlassian_bot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /atlassian\-bot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('atlassian-bot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'atlassian-bot';
}
next();
}
app.use(detect_atlassian_bot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for atlassian-bot
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} atlassian\-bot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} atlassian\-bot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "atlassian\-bot" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /atlassian\-bot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for atlassian-bot
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_atlassian_bot {
default 0;
~*atlassian\-bot 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_atlassian_bot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_atlassian_bot) {
root /var/www/cached;
try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html @backend;
}
try_files $uri @backend;
}
# Add headers for bot requests
location @backend {
if ($is_atlassian_bot) {
add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600";
add_header X-Robots-Tag "noarchive";
}
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
}
Should You Block This Bot?
Recommendations based on your website type:
| Site Type | Recommendation | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce | Allow | Essential for product visibility in search results |
| Blog/News | Consider Blocking | Your content may be used for AI training without compensation |
| SaaS Application | Block | No benefit for application interfaces; preserve resources |
| Documentation | Allow | Improves documentation discoverability for developers |
| Corporate Site | Allow | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: atlassian-bot
Crawl-delay: 5
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&page=
Allow: /products/
Allow: /categories/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Publishing/Blog Configuration
User-agent: atlassian-bot
# Blocking AI training bot
Disallow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: atlassian-bot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
atlassian-bot
Robots.txt Name
atlassian-bot
Category
ai, search
Respects robots.txt
Yes
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