---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "infrawatch"
kind: "scanner"
operator: "Infrawatch Limited"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "medium"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/infrawatch.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/infrawatch/"
---

# Infrawatch

> UK internet-measurement and security-research scanner that routinely observes publicly exposed hosts and services; says it does not exploit or brute-force.

## Dossier

- Kind: Scanners & probes
- Operator: Infrawatch Limited (https://infrawat.ch/)
- Documentation: https://infrawat.ch/
- robots.txt tokens: none documented
- Feeds: security scan, research
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. Opt-out by email (opt-out@infrawat.ch) with proof of network control; no robots.txt statement.
- Verification: No published method
- Labels matched in our logs: infrawatch

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

Infrastructure scanning, not readership; exclude from audience counts.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 195 requests on 33 days; first seen 2026-07-25, last seen 2026-10-22; Returning.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://infrawat.ch/

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md