diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/__tests__/detector.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/__tests__/detector.test.ts
index 5fb2574b5..5bfec533c 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/__tests__/detector.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/__tests__/detector.test.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,21 @@ describe("detectBot", () => {
 			expect(custom.action).toBe(BotAction.BLOCK);
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe("generic isBot() fallback", () => {
+		it("respects trackOnlyCategories for bots only caught by ua-parser-js's generic isBot()", () => {
+			const genericBotUA = "PowerShell/7.1.0";
+
+			const result = detectBot(genericBotUA, {
+				trackOnlyCategories: [BotCategory.UNKNOWN_BOT],
+			});
+
+			expect(result.isBot).toBe(true);
+			expect(result.category).toBe(BotCategory.UNKNOWN_BOT);
+			expect(result.reason).toBe("general_bot_pattern");
+			expect(result.action).toBe(BotAction.TRACK_ONLY);
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("matchCategory", () => {
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/detector.ts b/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/detector.ts
index 5c32fd9c2..9b9eb5779 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/detector.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/utils/bot-detection/detector.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function detect(
 			isBot: true,
 			category: BotCategory.UNKNOWN_BOT,
 			name,
-			action: BotAction.BLOCK,
+			action: getAction(BotCategory.UNKNOWN_BOT, config),
 			confidence: 70,
 			reason: "general_bot_pattern",
 		};