Authory

Archiver

Last updated: May 19, 2026

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Preserves web content for historical access.

Recommended action: Allow access unless you have legal or competitive reasons to restrict.

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What is Authory?

Archiver bot

What Authory means for your site

Authory is a archiver with an undocumented operator. Its activity on your site should be reviewed to determine whether it is beneficial, neutral, or unwanted. Robots.txt compliance is not confirmed for this bot.

What should you do?

Review this bot's activity in BotSights
Check which pages it visits most frequently
Consider server-side blocking if access is unwanted

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BotSights tracks every Authory visit in real time, including which pages it crawls, how often, and from where.

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How to identify Authory

Authory uses the user-agent "authory" and robots.txt compliance unconfirmed.

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How to block Authory

Three robots.txt options below. Pick the one that matches your goal. Each snippet lists every known Authory user-agent pattern so the rules apply regardless of which one the bot announces. Compliance with robots.txt is unconfirmed for Authory, so verify with crawl logs after deploying.

Edit robots.txt with care

A single misplaced line can de-index your entire site. Common mistake: pasting User-agent: * followed by Disallow: / blocks every bot, not just Authory, including Googlebot. Always paste the snippet between existing rules (not over them), keep the User-agent line scoped to Authory's patterns, and verify with Google's robots.txt tester before deploying. If you are not sure, ask a developer first.

Option 1: Block all access

Tells Authory not to crawl any URL on your site. Use this when you want the bot completely off your content.

User-agent: authory
User-agent: Authory
Disallow: /

Option 2: Block specific paths only

Keep public content crawlable but exclude sensitive or non-public sections. Add one Disallow: line per path. Replace the example paths with your own.

User-agent: authory
User-agent: Authory
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /checkout/

Option 3: Slow down with a crawl delay

Crawl-delay is a voluntary directive that asks the bot to wait the given number of seconds between requests. Useful when Authory is hammering your origin and slowing the site down for real visitors, but you do not want to block it outright. The value is in seconds, so 10 means at most one request every ten seconds. Not all bots honour this directive (Googlebot ignores it; Bingbot, Yandex, and many AI crawlers do respect it).

User-agent: authory
User-agent: Authory
Crawl-delay: 10

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the User-Agent for Authory?

Authory identifies itself with the User-Agent string "authory" (alternate forms: Authory). Use this in robots.txt or server-side rules.

Is Authory safe to allow on my site?

The operator is not publicly documented for this bot. Web archivers preserve content for historical access (Wayback Machine, etc.) and are usually beneficial.

Should I block Authory?

Usually no — archivers like the Wayback Machine preserve your content for historical reference, which is generally beneficial.

How do I block Authory?

Try robots.txt first ("User-agent: authory / Disallow: /") and verify with crawl logs whether the bot stops appearing.

How can I verify a request is really Authory?

User-Agent strings can be spoofed by malicious crawlers. Without published verification details, the User-Agent alone is not trustworthy — monitor source IPs and behavior patterns. BotSights flags spoofed traffic when verification data is available.

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