ua-tracer
by Paul Kinlan
ua-tracer
what does a user agent actually fetch, follow & run?
Trace FaVfb6gE
First seen: 2026-06-22 20:01:44.836 UTC
User-Agent: Reeder/260600.02 CFNetwork/3886.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0
What this user agent did
Directly-referenced assets:
✗ fetched CSS
✗ fetched JS
✗ fetched image
✗ fetched font (HTML)
Document-level link hints:
✗ fetched favicon
✓ fetched apple-touch-icon
✗ fetched web manifest
✗ fetched preload
✗ fetched prefetch
Second-level follows (proves it parsed the linking file):
✗ followed CSS background-image
✗ followed CSS @font-face
✗ followed manifest icon
✗ followed CSS @import
Frames (does it descend into iframes?):
✗ fetched iframe document
✗ descended into iframe (loaded inner image)
Reporting (a report-only CSP is violated by inline styles; reports can arrive via HTTP headers with no JS, or via in-page beacons):
✗ sent a CSP/Reporting report (any path)
✗ delivered via report-uri/Report-To header (no JS)
✗ delivered via in-page beacon (securitypolicyviolation / ReportingObserver)
Social embed (Open Graph / Twitter card images):
✗ fetched og:image
✗ fetched twitter:image
JavaScript execution:
✗ EXECUTED classic JS
✗ EXECUTED ES module
✗ posted client timing
Server-side request waterfall
Every request the server received for this trace, in receive order. +ms is the delta from the
homepage request.
| Received | Δ | Kind | Method | User-Agent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 20:01:44.836 UTC | +0 ms | homepage | GET | Reeder/260600.02 CFNetwork/3886.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0 |
request headers (9){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
"accept-language": "en-GB,en;q=0.9",
"host": "ua-tracer.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net",
"priority": "u=3, i",
"traceparent": "00-876c5f19a8363ba985a50e7ee4877618-0c44d029c9a12de6-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Reeder/260600.02 CFNetwork/3886.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0",
"via": "HTTP/2 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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| 2026-06-22 20:01:45.436 UTC | +600 ms | apple-touch-icon | GET | Reeder/260600.02 CFNetwork/3886.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0 |
request headers (9){
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
"accept-language": "en-GB,en;q=0.9",
"host": "ua-tracer.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net",
"priority": "u=3, i",
"traceparent": "00-6d445d8d0fbb33916f5a15a43a43e1ba-ca9e95eacbe42be6-01",
"tracestate": "",
"user-agent": "Reeder/260600.02 CFNetwork/3886.100.1 Darwin/27.0.0",
"via": "HTTP/2 ams.vultr.prod.deno-cluster.net"
}
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