Applebot-Extended
Apple · training
- name
- Applebot-Extended
- operator
- Apple
- purpose
- training
- ua_substring
- (none — token only)
- robots_token
- Applebot-Extended
- respects_robots
- yes
- 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
- — not-applicable
- bot_type
- opt-out-token
- bot_type_extension
- —
- 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
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ https://search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json
- reverse_dns_suffix
- .applebot.apple.com source
- supports_web_bot_auth
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- signature_agent_domain
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- jwks_url
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- verification_methods
published-IP-rangereverse-DNS- crawl_traffic_share
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ https://radar.cloudflare.com/bots
- targeted_content_type
- — not-applicable
- documentation_url
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- first_seen_date
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- 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
- — verify-against-primary-at-build ↗ 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"}