Apple Intelligence bot and session tracking
Apple's AI features read the web too. SynthTrail records visits that identify as Apple agents and run in a browser, and shows what they did.
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The problem: little visibility, high privacy claims
Apple stresses private processing, and that privacy applies to what happens after a page is fetched. What you need to know is which Apple agents reach your site and what they open. Applebot-Extended is a control token you set in robots.txt, rather than a browser that shows up in a trail.
What SynthTrail can show
When a visit names itself as an Apple agent and runs your page, it appears grouped under Apple, with pages opened, duration and risk. Unnamed browser agents are flagged by their behaviour.
What it cannot show
SynthTrail has no view into Apple's private servers or what is done with a page afterwards. It records what happens on your site, which is the part you control.
What you get
- Apple-named sessions grouped together
- Pages opened and timing
- Behaviour-based flags for unnamed agents
- A weekly summary of agent activity
Follow the trail on your own site
Paste one snippet and see the synthetic visitors that use your site. Card details are entered on Stripe, never on this site.
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