What is Applebot-Extended?

An Apple user-agent token tied to AI training. It is separate from Applebot, which handles search. Intent: training. Downloads your content to train AI models.

What is the Applebot-Extended user agent?

Requests from Applebot-Extended carry "applebot-extended" in the User-Agent header (matching is case-insensitive). The full string includes a version number that changes over time; Apple's documentation lists the current one. In robots.txt, the token is Applebot-Extended.

How do I block Applebot-Extended in robots.txt?

Add "User-agent: Applebot-Extended" followed by "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt. Blocking Applebot-Extended does not block Applebot: each has its own token and its own rule. robots.txt is a request, not a lock: a scraper using Applebot-Extended's name ignores it, which is why verification matters.

Can I see when Applebot-Extended visits my site?

Yes. HadoSEO logs every Applebot-Extended request by page, and labels it declared, since Apple publishes nothing to verify it against. For a one-off look, the free log file analyzer reads a week of your server logs in the browser.

[ AI training token · Apple ]

Applebot-Extended: Apple's AI training token.

An Apple user-agent token tied to AI training. It is separate from Applebot, which handles search. Its intent is training: downloads your content to train AI models.

traininguser agent only

IP ranges last updated Oct 25, 2026

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[ technical facts ]

operator: Apple
intent: training
user agent contains: applebot-extended
robots.txt token: Applebot-Extended
verification: user agent onlydeclared
official IP list: not published
operator docs: support.apple.com/en-us/119829

[ verify ]

How to verify a real Applebot-Extended request.

Apple publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for Applebot-Extended, so a request using its name can't be confirmed. HadoSEO labels it declared: recognized by user agent only.

01Check the User-Agent header contains "applebot-extended" (case-insensitive). That is only a claim: anyone can send it.
02Apple publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for Applebot-Extended that HadoSEO can check, so there is no way to prove a request is real.
03Treat it as declared: it says it is Applebot-Extended, and nothing confirms or contradicts that.

Skip the lookups: the free bot verifier checks one IP against the same registry, and the log file analyzer checks every Applebot-Extended request in a week of access logs. Requests that fail are flagged as spoofed, not hidden.

[ robots.txt ]

Block or allow Applebot-Extended in robots.txt.

Add one of these groups to the robots.txt at your domain root. The token matches case-insensitively. Apple runs other crawlers with their own tokens, so a rule for Applebot-Extended leaves Applebot (search index) untouched.

block Applebot-Extended

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

allow Applebot-Extended

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

robots.txt only binds crawlers that choose to follow it. A scraper sending Applebot-Extended's user agent from its own servers won't, which is why HadoSEO checks the IP behind every request.

[ questions ]

Applebot-Extended, answered.

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