
Training crawlersUser agent only
Meta
meta-externalagent
About this crawler
meta-externalagent is tracked as a public-content crawler from Meta.
Usually means: The crawler is collecting public web content that may be used for model training, datasets, or product improvement.
User agent
meta-externalagentFaurya matches these as user-agent tokens, not full browser strings. Providers may add surrounding version or product text.
IP verification
User-agent only match
Faurya can identify this crawler from its user-agent token, but no official IP range source is wired for this crawler yet. Treat it as useful signal, not the same confidence as IP-verified traffic.
User agent
Request user agent contains meta-externalagent.
Request IP
The request IP may still be stored with the crawl event.
Range check
No published range source is configured for this crawler.