Applebot-Extended

AI · TRAINING CRAWL AI SURFACE

Not yet observed on any site Botfall meters. This record exists because the operator documents it — when it shows up in real traffic, its vitals appear here.

Operator	Apple
Purpose	AI · training crawl
Identifies as	Nothing — this entity never appears in logs. It exists only as a robots.txt token; no user-agent carries it.
robots.txt token	`Applebot-Extended`
Notes	robots.txt token controlling Apple AI training use of Applebot-fetched content. No UA of its own.

Provenance

What establishes this record, and when it was last checked — no speculative entries.

Apple crawler docs (blind-spot verification)checked 2026-08-01

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