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Server-side tracking

Server-side tagging bypasses ad blockers, stabilises attribution, and decouples tracking from the frontend.

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What we check

Looks for server-side tagging indicators: stape.io, sGTM endpoints, first-party subdomains.

Why it matters

Server-side tagging bypasses ad blockers, stabilises attribution, and decouples tracking from the frontend.

Common causes

  • There simply is no server-side setup, all tags send straight from the browser to the vendor domains.
  • The server container exists, but the web container still sends to the standard endpoints instead of the first-party subdomain.
  • The setup runs on a subdomain the scan does not recognise as a tagging endpoint, then check your own request targets.
  • An sGTM project was started and never finished, the container idles along.

How to fix it

Set up a stape.io container or self-host sGTM, then migrate client-side tags step by step.

  • Q01
    What does a failing Server-side tracking finding mean?

    Server-side tagging bypasses ad blockers, stabilises attribution, and decouples tracking from the frontend. Set up a stape.io container or self-host sGTM, then migrate client-side tags step by step.

  • Q02
    How do you fix Server-side tracking?

    Set up a stape.io container or self-host sGTM, then migrate client-side tags step by step.