
Search indexesUser agent + IP range
Google-InspectionTool
About this crawler
Google-InspectionTool is tracked as a search or answer-index crawler from Google.
Usually means: The crawler is discovering or refreshing pages so they can appear in search, answer, or assistant indexes.
User agent
Google-InspectionToolFaurya matches these as user-agent tokens, not full browser strings. Providers may add surrounding version or product text.
IP verification
Verified when user agent and IP range both match
Faurya first matches the crawler user-agent token, then compares the request IP with published ranges from the crawler operator when those ranges exist.
User agent
Request user agent contains Google-InspectionTool.
Request IP
Server-side tracking forwards the crawler IP seen by your backend.
Range check
The IP is compared with published CIDR ranges or JSON range endpoints.
Range endpoints
https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.jsonhttps://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/special-crawlers.jsonhttps://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers.jsonhttps://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers-google.jsonhttps://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-agents.json