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STRING, read-only.

Available inrecvhashdeliverlog

A string indicating the type of bot detected (e.g., SEARCH-ENGINE-CRAWLER, AI-CRAWLER, SUSPECTED-BOT).

Returns an empty string if bot detection was not executed or no bot was detected.

Warning: String values may change over time. Use this for logging or informational purposes. For conditional logic, use the fastly.bot.category.is_* variables.