Labels & Visibility • 3 min read • August 2026

How do I check my X account labels in Under the Hood?

Sourced: under-the-hood/strato/lib/underTheHoodLabels.strato
Direct Answer

X provides an official transparency portal at x.com/i/under_the_hood for eligible accounts in pilot testing (requires 10+ posts in the prior month and account age of 1+ year). The downloaded report exports an official JSON payload detailing active account-level suppression labels (accountLabels) and post-level recommendation drops (postLabels like SPAM_HIGH_RECALL). XPurge includes an in-browser Under the Hood parser and maps these exact rules to your archive.

What People Get Wrong

Myth: "Third-party "shadowban test" websites that check search results give accurate algorithm telemetry."
Reality: Most legacy shadowban testers only query public search endpoints with unauthenticated scrapers. They do not inspect recommendation transformer predictions or Strato safety labels.
Myth: "X will email you or send a push notification whenever an account label is applied."
Reality: Visibility labels are applied silently by automated asynchronous pipelines without user notifications unless a formal DMCA or legal notice is filed.

What the Code & Rules Actually Say

under-the-hood/strato/lib/underTheHoodLabels.strato
Referenced Rules & Signals:
• period (startDate, endDate, timezone)
• accountLabels (Platform-wide suppression list)
• postLabels (SPAM_HIGH_RECALL, effect, percentage)
• underTheHoodLabels (Schema Struct in Strato)

The official JSON export contains structured period dates, total postCount, accountLabels list (empty if in good standing), and postLabels detailing the specific effect (e.g. "Post hidden from recommendations to non-followers").

Surgical Action Plan

1 Visit x.com/i/under_the_hood while logged in to check pilot eligibility (10+ posts prior month, 1+ year account age).
2 Click "Download" to export your official monthly under_the_hood.json report.
3 Drop your report into XPurge > Audit > "Under the Hood" for an instant, private visual breakdown.
4 If flagged post drops exist, switch to XPurge Archive Cleaner to isolate and surgically purge the matching tweets.
Where this shows up in XPurge

Drop your official under_the_hood.json file into XPurge Audit to visualize active account labels and post-level recommendation drops in real time.

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