flipkart.com: what it tells AI crawlers

On 28 October 2026, flipkart.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot.

Last verified 2026-10-29 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-28). Proof for that day.

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robots.txt

ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.flipkart.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256 e86fb1833717792a… · view as recorded

The * group

allows applies to every agent without its own group

Per AI bot, 2026-10-28

Other signals

robots.txt as recorded sha256 e86fb1833717792a…

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: Adsbot-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow:

# cart
User-agent: *
Disallow: /viewcart

# Allow Store bot
User-agent: Storebot-Google
Allow: /viewcart

# Something related to carousel and recommendation carousel
User-agent: *
Disallow: /dynamic/

# Permanent Link For Individual Review
User-agent: *
Disallow: /reviews/

# Affiliate Widget
User-agent: *
Disallow: /affiliateWidget/

# Social Connect Redirects
User-agent: *
Disallow: /sc/

# Product Seller Pages
User-agent: *
Disallow: /ps/

# Temporary Hack
User-agent: *
Disallow: /ph/search/

#Alliances Pages
User-agent: *
Disallow: /alliances/

# URL parameters blocking for SEO
User-agent: *
Disallow: /*?colorSelected=
Disallow: /*?layout=
Disallow: /*?primarySection=
Disallow: /*?sizeSelected=
Disallow: /*&colorSelected=
Disallow: /*&layout=
Disallow: /*&primarySection=
Disallow: /*&sizeSelected=
Disallow: *=facets*
Disallow: *sort=*
Disallow: */~cs-*
Disallow: */1/easysize*
Disallow: */3/product/*
Disallow: */answers/*
Disallow: */immerse?*
Disallow: */item/product-delivery*
Disallow: */item/product-warranty*
Disallow: */item/seller-callout/itemId?*
Disallow: */login?*
Disallow: */offer-details*
Disallow: */payments-callout/*
Disallow: */pbo-offer*
Disallow: */pp-protect-promise-fee?*
Disallow: */pp/*
Disallow: */product-emi-details?*
Disallow: */product-questions*
Disallow: */products-list/bought-together?*
Disallow: */products-list/recommended-for-you?*
Disallow: */quick-view?*
Disallow: */review-image-fullscreen?*
Disallow: */review-image-grid?*
Disallow: */review-video-fullscreen*
Disallow: */review-video-grid*
Disallow: */review-media-grid*
Disallow: */rpd-product-details?*
Disallow: */rv/sizechart?*
Disallow: */seller-details?*
Disallow: */sellers?*
Disallow: */sellers/*
Disallow: */specifications?*
Disallow: */swatch/*
Disallow: */threed-main-compare-view?*
Disallow: */user-address*
Disallow: */video-player?*
Disallow: */write-question/*
Disallow: */write-review/*
Disallow: */searchsuggestion*
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /search-book?
Disallow: /search.php?
Disallow: *page=*
Disallow: *search.flipkart.com*
Disallow: */ratings-reviews-details-page
Disallow: */affiliate/displayWidget
Disallow: */product-reviews/*

# AMP Pages
User-agent: *
Disallow: /amp/

# Post Order Pages
User-agent: *
Disallow: /rv/orders/share

Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_v_view-browse.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_s_store-browse.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_q_query-browse.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_o_clp-browse.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_t_tag-browse.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_pi_product_index_v2_1.xml
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_pi_product_index_v2_2.xml
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_pi_product_index_v2_3.xml
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_pi_product_index_v2_4.xml
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_pi_product_index_v2_5.xml
Sitemap: https://www.flipkart.com/sitemap_pi_product_index_v2_6.xml

robots.txt versions

Timeline of changes

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.

Evidence

Every daily observation of flipkart.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/flipkart.com