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title: "Automatic PHP bot scan blocking now live on all plans"
description: "Netlify now automatically blocks high-volume bot scans targeting PHP paths, keeping your observability data clean and your site metrics accurate."
source: "https://www.netlify.com/changelog/2026-02-27-php-scan-blocking/"
last_updated: "2026-07-06T09:05:38.000Z"
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Netlify now automatically blocks bot scans targeting PHP paths across all plans — no configuration required.

Previously, these bots generated noise in [Observability](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/monitoring/observability/overview) logs and metrics. They showed up without a `User-Agent` header. Netlify now blocks them at the edge.

Since rolling out edge-level blocking on December 28, 2025, Netlify has blocked 2.9 billion of these requests.