Google renames crawler IP range JSON object from `googlebot.json` to `common-crawlers.json`
Source: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers
What changed
The Google common crawlers reference page changed the named IP-range data source for common crawlers from googlebot.json to common-crawlers.json. The page’s last-updated date was also bumped from 2025-04-25 to 2026-02-11.
Implication
Operators and tools that fetch Google crawler IP allowlists by referencing the googlebot.json object specifically for common crawlers should update to point to common-crawlers.json instead. This suggests Google has split or renamed the published IP-range JSON feed, and firewall rules, bots-detection scripts, or CDN configurations relying on the old filename may no longer be accurate for verifying common crawler IPs.
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
technical properties
of Google's crawlers also apply to the common crawlers.
The common crawlers generally crawl from the IP ranges published in the
-googlebot.json
+common-crawlers.json
object, and the reverse DNS mask
of their hostname matches
crawl-***-***-***-***.googlebot.com
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-Last updated 2025-04-25 UTC.
+Last updated 2026-02-11 UTC.