Serve robots.txt to block search engine indexing
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- Clojure
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Description
Serve a `robots.txt` file in Metabase that disallows search engines from indexing public-facing Metabase instances.
This is described as extremely important for public-facing deployments.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating Metabase’s HTTP routing and handling for public-facing static or well-known resources. Add a robots.txt response that disallows search-engine indexing, then verify the resource is served correctly and contains the requested disallow directive.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- clojure
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100