# Anonymous Users When 'Login Required' checked

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-users-when-login-required-checked/182265
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 5, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-users-when-login-required-checked/182265 "2021-03-05T23:44:23Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-users-when-login-required-checked/182265/2 "2021-03-05T23:59:15Z")

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Yeah we expect some anonymous traffic even on private sites. A couple answers from a previous topic:

> [@Seeing anonymous user and crawler traffic, even though site is private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-anonymous-user-and-crawler-traffic-even-though-site-is-private/181051/2):
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> that crawler traffic is likely from crawlers hitting `community.yoursite.com/login`

> [@Seeing anonymous user and crawler traffic, even though site is private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-anonymous-user-and-crawler-traffic-even-though-site-is-private/181051/3):
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> In addition to what Kris wrote, there will also be an anonymous request for your site’s login page or home page at the beginning of each SSO login request.
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> Your site’s TOS and Privacy pages can also probably be accessed by anonymous users.

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