Governance checks FAQ

How often do checks run? Recurring checks apply to eligible verified Sites with monitoring enabled, at the interval shown for your plan. Editors and Admins can also start on-demand checks. Review the recorded outcome. See Check scheduling.

Why is my score low? Open the artefact and read the findings and their score treatment. Warnings and Information are score-neutral; Issues and Recommendations may deduct. A required artefact that is missing contributes zero to the Site score, while blocked or errored evidence can make the score unavailable, and a recommended artefact that is missing is left out of the composite.

Why does the score show "—"? Either no run has completed yet, or the Site is unscorable because a required artefact was blocked, typically by a firewall or bot challenge. Allow Flowpane's crawler through and run the check again.

Can Flowpane check sites behind a login? No. Flowpane fetches files as a public visitor over HTTPS. Pages behind authentication cannot be checked.

What user agent does Flowpane use? Governance checks are fetched as Flowpane/1.0 (+https://crawler.flowpane.com). Requests are also cryptographically signed using the Web Bot Auth standard, so services that verify bot signatures can confirm the request came from Flowpane. Use the crawler information when reviewing firewall access. Sitemap crawls use Flowpane/1.0 (+https://crawler.flowpane.com).

Does a check change my website? Checks observe public evidence. Preparing a Proposed draft does not itself change the website. Publishing or management requires a separate explicit action and the capabilities available for the connected Site.

What is the difference between "Missing", "Blocked" and "Error"? Missing means the server returned a genuine not-found response. Blocked means a firewall, rate limit or bot challenge prevented Flowpane reading the artefact. Error means the request failed for another reason, such as a timeout. Review the observation time and evidence shown; blocked or failed checks can leave the current assessment unavailable.

Why has automatic checking paused for a Site? Review the last result for access or response problems, correct them and start an on-demand check. Contact support if monitoring does not resume as expected.