Crawler directory
AI answersUser agent only

Meta

meta-externalfetcher

About this crawler

meta-externalfetcher is tracked as a user-triggered fetcher from Meta.

Usually means: A person asked an AI assistant a question, and the assistant fetched this URL to answer with fresh context or citations.

User agent

meta-externalfetcher

Faurya 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-externalfetcher.

Request IP

The request IP may still be stored with the crawl event.

Range check

No published range source is configured for this crawler.