diff --git a/src/current/netlify.toml b/src/current/netlify.toml
index cd8c1c38b45..7b8042f98be 100644
--- a/src/current/netlify.toml
+++ b/src/current/netlify.toml
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
   base = "src/current/"
   publish = "_site/"
   command = "./netlify/build.sh"
+  edge_functions = "./netlify/edge-functions"
   [build.environment]
     NODE_VERSION = "18.14.0"
     RUBY_VERSION = "3.2.1"
   [build.processing.html]
     pretty_urls = true
 
+[[edge_functions]]
+  path = "/*"
+  function = "blockBytedance"
+   
 #[[plugins]]
 #  package = "@netlify/plugin-lighthouse"
 #  [plugins.inputs]
diff --git a/src/current/netlify/edge-functions/blockBytedance.ts b/src/current/netlify/edge-functions/blockBytedance.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48798656749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/current/netlify/edge-functions/blockBytedance.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import type { Config, Context } from "@netlify/edge-functions";
+
+export default async function handler(request: Request, context: Context) {
+  const bytedanceUserAgents = [
+    'Bytespider; spider-feedback@bytedance.com'
+    // Add other Bytedance user agents if needed
+  ];
+
+  // Get the user agent from the request headers
+  const userAgent = request.headers.get('user-agent') || '';
+
+  // Check if the user agent matches any of the Bytedance user agents
+  const isBytedanceBot = bytedanceUserAgents.some(ua => userAgent.includes(ua));
+
+  // Block access if it is a Bytedance user agent
+  if (isBytedanceBot) {
+    return new Response('Access Denied', {
+      status: 403,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Log "hello" before continuing the request
+  console.log("hello");
+
+  // Continue the request chain and get the response from the next handler or the origin server
+  return context.next();
+}
+
+export const config: Config = {
+  path: "/*", // This path can be adjusted based on where you want to apply this edge function
+};
diff --git a/src/current/package.json b/src/current/package.json
index c5f19f72dcc..00cd1d13d42 100644
--- a/src/current/package.json
+++ b/src/current/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "jest-cli": "^26"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@netlify/edge-functions": "^2.10.0",
     "front-matter": "^4.0.2",
     "redoc-cli": "^0.11.4",
     "snippet-enricher-cli": "^0.0.8",