# Applebot-Extended

> Apple · training

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- **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)
- **reverse_dns_suffix:** .applebot.apple.com (source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829)
- **supports_web_bot_auth:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **signature_agent_domain:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **jwks_url:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **verification_methods:** published-IP-range, reverse-DNS
- **crawl_traffic_share:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **targeted_content_type:** — (not-applicable)
- **documentation_url:** https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- **first_seen_date:** — (verify-against-primary-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:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **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"}