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generic user agent error (#17927)
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patriciasantaana authored Nov 1, 2024
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To submit a verified bot that Cloudflare is not [currently tracking](https://radar.cloudflare.com/verified-bots), fill out an [online application](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/configurations/verified-bots) in the Cloudflare dashboard for the fastest possible results. Bot operators who prefer not to create a free Cloudflare account can do so using our [old form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqYNuULEypMnp4i5pROSc-uP6x65Xub9svD27mb8JChA_-XA/viewform?usp=sf_link), but the waiting time is up to several weeks for verified bot requests to be evaluated.

### Generic user-agents

User-agent patterns that match generic user-agents will be rejected by the Verified Bots API. When you add a user-agent pattern that is considered very common to the Verified Bot form, you may encounter an error message that will prompt you to correct the user-agent before you can submit again.

Generic user-agents include:

- `Dart`
- `Go-http-client`
- `GuzzleHttp`
- `Google Chrome`
- `Mozilla Firefox`
- `Safari`
- `Nessus`
- `Websocket++`
- `cloudflare-go`
- `fasthttp`
- `got`
- `nginx-ssl early hints`
- `node`
- `node-fetch`
- `okhttp`
- `python-requests`
- `uTorrent`

## Transient false negatives

Once Cloudflare lists a bot as a verified bot, this entry is cached and may get delisted if no traffic is seen in the Cloudflare network coming from the bot for a defined period of time.
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