kwai.net: what it tells AI crawlers
On 26 October 2026, kwai.net'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://www.kwai.net/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha25629b483468ff8711e…· 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 | allows | named in its own 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 | 29b483468ff8 |
Timeline of changes
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| No changes since the first observation (2026-10-26). | |
Reconstructed history (Common Crawl)
No reconstructed history for this site yet.
Evidence
Every daily observation of kwai.net 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/kwai.net