Bot Management does not score a request

There are instances in which Bot Management does not run and certain fields, such as the JA3/JA4 field, are not populated because it has been determined that running Bot Management would not be necessary.

Refer to bot scores for more information about why a request is not scored.

​​ Common reasons for Bot Management to not score a request

​​ Requests to internal endpoints

Requests such as /cdn-cgi/ are handled individually and will never receive a Bot Management score. Email Obfuscation, Web Analytics, Trace Requests, Challenge Pages, and JavaScript Detections do not receive bot scores. Refer to the table below for some examples of internal endpoints.

​​ Purge requests

All HTTP purge requests will not receive a bot score.

​​ Early hints cache requests

Early hints cache requests will not receive a bot score.