aliexpress.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 28 October 2026, aliexpress.com's robots.txt fully blocked GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and CCBot.
Last verified 2026-10-29 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-28). Proof for that day.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.aliexpress.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha2568b70ec6337868263…· view as recorded - The * group
- allows applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-28
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| Claude-User | allows | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | through the * group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | blocks | named in its own group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | blocks | named in its own group |
| Bytespider | blocks | named in its own group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | blocks | named in its own group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | no |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | no |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | no |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | no |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | no |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | no |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | no |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | no |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | no |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
robots.txt as recorded sha256 4324887aea10393b…
# file: robots.txt,updated 2017-11-21 Save time save lives also apply to bots. # host: www.aliexpress.com # # Format is: # User-agent: <name of spider> # Disallow: <nothing> | <path> # Notice: If you would like to crawl AliExpress, # please email weilie.chenwl_AT_alibaba-inc.com to apply # for white listing. # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /price/ Disallow: /cheap/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /price/ Disallow: /cheap/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: Bingbot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /price/ Disallow: /cheap/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: msnbot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /price/ Disallow: /cheap/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: YandexBot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html Host: https://ru.aliexpress.com Clean-param: initiative_id&site&spm&g&isrefine&needquery&blanktest&sorttype&cpt&aff_trace_key&ispremium&aff_platform&misspelltext&isonlyaffiliate&afref&aff_short_key&isdl&albcp&albch&albag&crea&netw&trgt&src&plac&aff_id&p4p&tracelog&useimatch&_csrf&utm_source&utm_campaign&utm_term&smsign&smtoken&utm_medium&utm_content&isafchannel&viewtype&aff_click_id&t&transabtest&callback&_csrf_token_&_&origin&rowan_id1&rowan_msg_id&ck&json&iscates User-agent: Mail.RU_Bot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: MJ12bot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: Pinterestbot Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /productdetail/ Disallow: /wholesale* Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /apps/ Disallow: /help/ Disallow: /downloads/ Disallow: /wishlist/ Disallow: /shopcart/ Disallow: /p4pforlist.html Disallow: /orderList.htm Disallow: /wsproduct-openapi-server.html Disallow: /productGroupsAjax.htm Disallow: /recommend.htm Disallow: /brands/ Disallow: /premium/ Disallow: /cp/ Disallow: /item-img/ Disallow: /product/seller/ Disallow: /product/recommend.htm Disallow: /ajax_show_product_display.do Disallow: /getdescmoduleajax.htm Disallow: /store/productgroupsajax.htm Disallow: /buyerprotection/ Disallow: /smart-match.html User-agent: * Disallow: /
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | 8b70ec633786 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26). | |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
From Common Crawl's robots.txt captures: what CCBot was served, one crawl per quarter. A separate series from the daily observations above; a 403 here means Common Crawl was refused, not this ledger.
| Crawl | Host | State | GPTBot | OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT-User | ClaudeBot | Claude-SearchBot | Claude-User | PerplexityBot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 CC-MAIN-2026-39 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-10-22 CC-MAIN-2018-43 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-07-23 CC-MAIN-2018-30 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks | blocks | unknown | blocks |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | aliexpress.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of aliexpress.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-28: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973640)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/aliexpress.com