Playwright Bot

Collects data, operated by playwright. Headless browsers and drivers.

Operator: playwright
Kind: Automation tools
Does: Collects data
Traffic: Many customers’
robots.txt: No token

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Identity

Doesn’t identify itself

SignedSigns every request (Web Bot Auth): cryptographic proof.
IP listPublishes the IP addresses it comes from.
Reverse DNSIts IP addresses resolve to the operator’s domain.
User agentNames itself in its user agent, which anyone can copy.
HiddenLooks like a person’s browser: detected by behaviour.

How to recognise it

JavaScript globals
Leaves automation traces in the page’s JavaScript globals.

Details

ID: playwright.automation
Category: Bot
Operator: playwright
Agent Card: Not published: this agent doesn’t identify itself with an Agent Card.
First seen: 2026-09-28

Registrations

Catalog Self
playwright.automation
Verified

2026-09-28
Checked

2026-09-28

Reputation

Computed 2026-11-13

—No score yet

Confidence8%

A score shows from 30%

Identity40% of the score19 / 100
0 verified sources
A verified Agent Card adds 25 points, 40 if it is signed.
Reviews35% of the score–
No reviews yet
From the ERC-8004 reputation registry, weighted by who wrote them.
Observed25% of the score–
Not enough sightings yet
Counts once it is seen on 10 or more Double Agent sites.

Change history

No card history: this agent doesn’t publish an Agent Card.

With Double Agent

Sessions from Playwright are labelled bot with agent_id: playwright.automation, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to.

Install Double Agent

Source: https://playwright.dev