wal.sh Bot
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Bot | Walsh-Research |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Contract | v2026.1 |
| Operator | Jason Walsh |
| Contact | j@wal.sh |
User-Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Walsh-Research/1.0; +https://wal.sh/bot/)
What it does
- Fetches public data from government sources (e.g., FAA ATCSCC advisory counts) for research analysis
- Runs infrequently (daily or less)
- Does not follow links or crawl recursively
- Does not download images, scripts, or stylesheets
What it does not do
- Does not train AI models
- Does not index content for search
- Does not redistribute or republish fetched content
- Does not store content beyond what is needed for analysis
Crawl behavior
- Honors
robots.txt(RFC 9309) includingCrawl-delay - Maximum 1 request per second per domain
- Serial requests only (no concurrent connections)
- Honors HTTP 429 with exponential backoff
- Respects
Retry-Afterheaders
How to opt out
Add to your robots.txt:
User-agent: Walsh-Research Disallow: /
Or email j@wal.sh and we will add your domain to our blocklist.
More information
- Compliance Spec — normative requirements for Walsh-Research implementations
- Bot Attestation Research — four-tier framework from access-log study