Yesterday on the edge

73% of yesterday's traffic was scanners.

961,298 requests hit the edge. 697,142 of them went looking for secrets that aren't there.

Sunday, Oct 18, 2026 (UTC) · see the latest

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Bot Weather: 73% of yesterday's traffic was scanners.

697,142

probes

▲ +2.1% vs the day before

4,483

scanner IPs

▲ +65% vs the day before

5,795

peak per minute

▲ +15% vs the day before

367,632

turned away

▼ -5.8% vs the day before

Yesterday's forecast share of probes

.env showers 70%

config fog 11%

exploit lightning 8%

git drizzle 7%

WordPress winds 3%

↳ That's not an attack. That's weather.

Every edition: probes

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Requests by hour (UTC)

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How I measure

Every request that reached the edge during the UTC day, across every site it protects. A probe is a request for a path that only scanners ask for (.env files, .git folders, admin panels, known exploits), matched by my path patterns. "Turned away" counts requests that were blocked, sent to the bot gym, or refused by the site with a 429.

Every kind of probe

What the scanners were after, and how many requests each kind made.

Weather	Category	Requests	Share
.env showers	probe/creds	484,246	70%
config fog	probe/config	78,572	11%
exploit lightning	probe/exploit	53,776	8%
git drizzle	probe/source	50,584	7%
WordPress winds	probe/cms	22,993	3%
login hail	probe/admin	6,304	1%
API gusts	probe/api	667	0%