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AI crawlers overwhelm git.kernel.org, consuming 98% of traffic

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AI crawlers are causing significant infrastructure strain, with one source reporting that 66% of requests to git.kernel.org are blocked by an Anubis challenge, while 33% successfully pass. The author estimates that legitimate human requests constitute only about 2% of the site's traffic, with the vast majority attributed to scrapers. AI

IMPACT AI crawlers are straining infrastructure, with scrapers accounting for an estimated 98% of traffic on sites like git.kernel.org.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the impact of AI crawlers on infrastructure, rather than a direct release or significant industry event.

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AI crawlers overwhelm git.kernel.org, consuming 98% of traffic

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    So if you think you can "just" solve the destruction of infrastructure done by # AI crawlers, think again. Konstantin Ryabitsev, Creepy crawlies https:// people

    So if you think you can "just" solve the destruction of infrastructure done by # AI crawlers, think again. Konstantin Ryabitsev, Creepy crawlies https:// people.kernel.org/monsieuricon /creepy-crawlies """ Today, git.kernel.org receives about 6M daily requests demanding to see ra…

    LINKS people.kernel.org/…/creepy-crawlies people.kernel.org/monsieuricon

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