{
  "dataset": "crawlers",
  "record": {
    "id": "applebot-extended",
    "name": "Applebot-Extended",
    "operator": "Apple",
    "purpose": "training",
    "ua_substring": "(none — token only)",
    "robots_token": "Applebot-Extended",
    "respects_robots": true,
    "verify": "not applicable — policy token; the underlying Applebot verifies via reverse DNS to applebot.apple.com",
    "notes": "Policy token: disallowing it opts content out of Apple Intelligence / foundation-model training without blocking Applebot's search crawling.",
    "canonical_name": "Applebot-Extended",
    "user_agent_token": "Applebot-Extended",
    "ua_full": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "not-applicable",
      "note": "policy token only; the fetching crawler is Applebot, whose IP-CIDR is published separately"
    },
    "bot_type": "opt-out-token",
    "bot_type_extension": null,
    "opt_out_mechanism": "robots.txt disallow (User-agent: Applebot-Extended) — opts content out of Apple Intelligence / foundation-model training",
    "published_ip_range_url": "https://search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json",
    "asn": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json"
    },
    "reverse_dns_suffix": {
      "value": ".applebot.apple.com",
      "source": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829",
      "last_verified": "2026-06-15",
      "note": "Applebot traffic is identified via reverse DNS in the *.applebot.apple.com domain; Applebot-Extended is the training opt-out token for that same crawler"
    },
    "supports_web_bot_auth": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829"
    },
    "signature_agent_domain": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829"
    },
    "jwks_url": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829"
    },
    "verification_methods": [
      "published-IP-range",
      "reverse-DNS"
    ],
    "crawl_traffic_share": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://radar.cloudflare.com/bots",
      "note": "the underlying Applebot is at 7.01% per Cloudflare Radar May 2026; Applebot-Extended itself is a policy token and generates no traffic"
    },
    "targeted_content_type": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "not-applicable",
      "note": "policy token; the underlying Applebot fetches HTML/text"
    },
    "documentation_url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829",
    "first_seen_date": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829",
      "note": "Applebot-Extended introduced around WWDC 2024; confirm exact date at build"
    },
    "last_verified_date": "2026-06-15",
    "block_vs_allow_recommendation": "decision token — disallow Applebot-Extended to opt out of Apple Intelligence training while leaving Applebot's Siri/Spotlight/Safari search crawling intact.",
    "citation_referral_value": "n/a (policy token; underlying Applebot feeds Siri/Spotlight)",
    "cloudflare_verified_category": {
      "value": null,
      "verify_status": "verify-against-primary-at-build",
      "source_hint": "https://radar.cloudflare.com/bots/directory/applebot-extended"
    },
    "status": "active",
    "triples": [
      [
        "Applebot-Extended",
        "operated_by",
        "Apple"
      ],
      [
        "Applebot-Extended",
        "has_bot_type",
        "opt-out-token"
      ],
      [
        "Applebot-Extended",
        "controls_opt_out_for",
        "Apple Intelligence training"
      ],
      [
        "Applebot-Extended",
        "extends_policy_of",
        "Applebot"
      ]
    ],
    "attribute_sources": [
      {
        "claims": [
          "published_ip_range_url",
          "reverse_dns_suffix",
          "robots_token",
          "documentation_url",
          "opt_out_mechanism"
        ],
        "source": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829",
        "last_verified": "2026-06-15"
      }
    ]
  }
}