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Update from code changes: document crawler-filtered visitor counts - #7219

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Summary

Documents the analytics update that applies crawler filtering to visitor counts and refines the agent traffic breakdown.

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  • Added a "How Mintlify counts traffic" section to the traffic analytics page explaining that only human and agent traffic counts toward visitor and page view totals, with a note about the September 2026 visitor count change.
  • Documented the agent breakdown's HTTP clients, Browser, and Other buckets, and that Mintlify's internal traffic is excluded.
  • Added a help center page explaining why visitor counts dropped, why crawlers inflated visitors more than views, and that the change applies to all date ranges.
  • Mirrored all changes in the Spanish, French, and Chinese translations.

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Visitor totals previously included crawler traffic even though page views excluded it, which could show more visitors than views on crawler-heavy sites. Visitors, referrals, and agent stats now use the same crawler classification as views, the agent breakdown gains HTTP clients/Browser/Other buckets, and referral CSV exports no longer truncate at 100 referring domains (that fix needed no docs change since no limit was documented).

https://github.com/mintlify/server/pull/7888


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Documentation-only updates with no product code or configuration changes.

Overview
Documents the September 2026 analytics change where visitor counts use the same crawler filtering as page views, and expands traffic and help center guidance accordingly.

The Traffic analytics page adds a How Mintlify counts traffic section (human and agent traffic only, bots excluded), links to traffic exports, and a note pointing to the new help article. The Interpret agent views section is tightened and now describes provider grouping plus HTTP clients, Browser, and Other buckets, and that Mintlify internal traffic is excluded from the breakdown. Intro copy and the June 2026 agent-measurement note are shortened.

A new help center article explains why visitor totals dropped, why crawlers inflated visitors more than views, that historical ranges are recalculated at report time, and possible shifts in agent visitor totals. It is wired into docs.json navigation and mirrored in Spanish, French, and Chinese (traffic.mdx and the help page).

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- Updated analytics/traffic.mdx

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- Updated analytics/traffic.mdx

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- Updated analytics/traffic.mdx

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