Apple
stable for 49 days · 0 material events tracked · 2 snapshots in history
Documented user-agents (3)
Each distinct UA this vendor publishes on its docs page, extracted by Haiku from the latest snapshot. New UAs appearing or scope changes here are the high-signal events to watch.
| User-agent | Purpose | Scope / when it fires | Opt-out |
|---|---|---|---|
Applebot | Powers search technology integrated into Spotlight, Siri, and Safari | General web crawl for search indexing and content discovery across Apple ecosystem | User-agent: Applebot / Disallow: / in robots.txt; also honors Googlebot rules if Applebot not specified |
Applebot-Extended | Determines content usage for training Apple foundation models and generative AI features | Does not crawl webpages; controls data usage from Applebot crawls for Apple Intelligence and generative AI | User-agent: Applebot-Extended / Disallow: / in robots.txt; opt-out blocks model training but not search indexing |
iTMS | Crawls content registered on Apple Podcasts | Apple Podcasts iTunes content only; does not follow robots.txt directives | Does not respect robots.txt; only crawls registered Apple Podcasts URLs |
Events
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