OAI-AdsBot

OTHER BOTS 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	OpenAI
Purpose	Other bots
Identifies as	User-agent substring: `oai-adsbot`
Notes	OpenAI ads-quality crawler; kept other-bot pending purpose clarity.

What the operator publishes

Their documentation, not our measurements — re-checked automatically every day.

Verify identity by	Published IP ranges — a user-agent alone proves nothing; anyone can send this string.
Published IP ranges	https://openai.com/adsbot.json — 2 prefixes listed link checked 2026-09-30
Operator documentation	https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots link checked 2026-09-30

Provenance

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

Observed in live storefront telemetry (classifier lineage)checked 2026-07-30

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