maricopa.gov: what it tells AI crawlers
On 28 October 2026, maricopa.gov'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.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.maricopa.gov/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha2569340481a0af59414…· 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 | allows | named in its own group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-SearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Claude-User | allows | through the * group |
| PerplexityBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Perplexity-User | allows | through the * group |
| Googlebot | allows | through the * group |
| Google-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | allows | named in its own group |
| Bytespider | allows | named in its own group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | named in its own group |
| Amazonbot | allows | named in its own group |
| cohere-ai | allows | named in its own group |
| DuckAssistBot | allows | named in its own group |
| ExaSearchBot | allows | named in its own group |
| LinkupBot | allows | named in its own group |
| meta-webindexer | allows | named in its own group |
| Reflectionbot | allows | named in its own group |
| YouBot | allows | 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 9340481a0af59414…
user-agent: Baiduspider Disallow: / User-agent: Yandex Disallow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /activedit Disallow: /admin Disallow: /common/admin/ Disallow: /OJA Disallow: /support Disallow: /currenteventsview.asp Disallow: /search.asp Disallow: /currenteventsview.aspx Disallow: /search.aspx Disallow: /currentevents.aspx Disallow: /Support Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.asp Disallow: /Search.asp Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.aspx Disallow: /Search.aspx Disallow: /Search Disallow: /CurrentEvents.aspx Disallow: /Currentevents.aspx Disallow: /map.aspx Disallow: /map.asp Disallow: /Map.aspx Disallow: /Map.asp Sitemap: /sitemap.xml Disallow: /RSS.aspx # added 2026-10-21 by Add-RobotsRules Disallow: /rss.aspx Disallow: /error.aspx Disallow: /Error.aspx Disallow: /404.aspx Disallow: /common/modules/icalendar/ Disallow: /common/modules/debug/ Disallow: /publiclogin.aspx Disallow: /PublicLogin.aspx Crawl-delay: 10 User-agent: Siteimprove Crawl-delay: 20 User-agent: Siteimprovebot Crawl-delay: 20 User-agent: Siteimprovebot-crawler Crawl-delay: 20 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # NEW - AI search/training crawlers and SEO scrapers. User-agent: meta-webindexer User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: CCBot User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: Reflectionbot User-agent: LinkupBot User-agent: ExaSearchBot User-agent: YouBot User-agent: DuckAssistBot User-agent: serpstatbot User-agent: AhrefsBot User-agent: SemrushBot User-agent: MJ12bot User-agent: DotBot # existing site-wide rules Disallow: /activedit Disallow: /admin Disallow: /common/admin/ Disallow: /OJA Disallow: /support Disallow: /Support Disallow: /currenteventsview.asp Disallow: /currenteventsview.aspx Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.asp Disallow: /CurrentEventsView.aspx Disallow: /currentevents.aspx Disallow: /CurrentEvents.aspx Disallow: /Currentevents.aspx Disallow: /search.asp Disallow: /search.aspx Disallow: /Search.asp Disallow: /Search.aspx Disallow: /Search Disallow: /map.aspx Disallow: /map.asp Disallow: /Map.aspx Disallow: /Map.asp Disallow: /rss.aspx Disallow: /RSS.aspx Disallow: /calendar.aspx Disallow: /Calendar.aspx Disallow: /rssfeed.aspx Disallow: /RSSFeed.aspx Disallow: /civicalerts.aspx Disallow: /CivicAlerts.aspx Disallow: /bids.aspx Disallow: /Bids.aspx Disallow: /faq.aspx Disallow: /FAQ.aspx Disallow: /common/modules/icalendar/
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | 9340481a0af5 |
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 | maricopa.gov | fetch-blocked | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | maricopa.gov | fetch-blocked | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.maricopa.gov | fetch-blocked | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-07-23 CC-MAIN-2018-30 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | maricopa.gov | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of maricopa.gov 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/maricopa.gov