What is Applebot-Extended?

Apple · AI training · class ai

Token controlling whether Applebot-fetched content may train Apple foundation models.

Verdict: Charge it or block it. It does not pay yet.

Profile

Compiled by Crawler Atlas from the operator's published documentation. Not yet declared by the operator. JSON

Operator	Apple · support.apple.com
Purpose	AI training crawlers. Collect pages to train models. Bulk, periodic, and the ones most owners want to charge or block.
User-agent contains	`applebot-extended`
robots.txt	`User-agent: Applebot-Extended` `Disallow: /`
How to verify	No published verification method. Treat the name as a claim, not proof.
Should you block it?	Charge it or block it. It does not pay yet.
Does it pay?	No. It does not carry a wallet and cannot answer a 402. A site that charges simply serves it nothing.
Docs	https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829

Anonymous daily counts from sites running Pay-per-Crawl that opted in, plus the ForgeMesh fleet. Last 7 days. Small sample: 1 sites reporting.

No sightings reported yet. Applebot-Extended appears here the day an opted-in site sees it.

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