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This site is part of a research project on automated web traffic, including AI agents.

What is recorded. For every request: the time, IP address, the address requested, all request headers (including the browser or program name it reports), any data sent, and connection details such as the TLS version. A small script on each page reports whether scripts ran and whether the page was scrolled, the pointer moved or a key pressed. It does not read or store anything on your device. No cookies are set.

Why. To measure how people, ordinary bots and AI agents differ in the requests they make.

How long. Raw logs are kept until 31 January 2027 and then deleted. Anything published will have IP addresses removed, except addresses on AI companies' published crawler lists.

Contact. webplumbingnotes@gmail.com, for questions or to ask for records of your IP address to be deleted.