cookiedatabase.org: what it tells AI crawlers
On 26 October 2026, cookiedatabase.org's robots.txt fully blocked GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot.
Last verified 2026-10-26 21:13 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-26). Proof for that day.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://cookiedatabase.org/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256e40b0cae6362cda8…· view as recorded - The * group
- blocks applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-26
| User agent | Verdict | How |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | blocks | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | blocks | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | blocks | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Claude-SearchBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Claude-User | blocks | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Perplexity-User | blocks | through the * group |
| Googlebot | blocks | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | blocks | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | blocks | through the * group |
| CCBot | blocks | through the * group |
| Bytespider | blocks | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | blocks | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | blocks | through the * group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | not observed |
| Publishes /ai.txt | not observed |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | not observed |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | not observed |
| Declares Content Signals (robots.txt or header) | not observed |
| Says ai-train=no in a Content Signal | not observed |
| Points to an RSL licence (robots.txt License line or Link header) | not observed |
| Answers with an x402 payment offer (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Answers HTTP 402 Payment Required (lower bound: only the homepage is probed) | not observed |
| Sends noai / noimageai directives | not observed |
| Refused our fetcher (403 / challenge) | no |
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | e40b0cae6362 |
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 | cookiedatabase.org | fetch-blocked | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | cookiedatabase.org | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | cookiedatabase.org | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | cookiedatabase.org | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | cookiedatabase.org | absent | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | cookiedatabase.org | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of cookiedatabase.org is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-26: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973294)).
API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/cookiedatabase.org