playstation.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 28 October 2026, playstation.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.
- Panel
- top 1k (Tranco)
- robots.txt
- ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.playstation.com:443/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha2563f3efcb84aa347ed…· 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 | through the * group |
| OAI-SearchBot | allows | through the * group |
| ChatGPT-User | allows | through the * group |
| ClaudeBot | allows | through the * 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 | allows | through the * group |
| Applebot-Extended | allows | through the * group |
| CCBot | allows | through the * group |
| Bytespider | allows | through the * group |
| Meta-ExternalAgent | allows | through the * group |
| Amazonbot | allows | through the * group |
| PetalBot | blocks | named in its own group |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | no |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | not observed |
| Reserves TDM rights (TDMRep file, header or meta) | not observed |
| 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 5d0967af34a919a5…
# PlayStation Robots.txt User-agent: * Disallow: /*search-results* # EMEA Disallow: */explore/testing/ # Sitemaps Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-ar/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Argentina Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-au/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Australia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/de-at/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Austria Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/fr-be/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Belgium (French) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/nl-be/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Belgium (Dutch) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-bo/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Bolivia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/pt-br/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Brazil Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/bg-bg/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Bulgaria Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-ca/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Canada (English) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/fr-ca/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Canada (French) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-cl/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Chile Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-co/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Colombia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-cr/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Costa Rica Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/hr-hr/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Croatia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/cs-cz/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Czech Rep. Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/da-dk/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Denmark Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-ec/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Ecuador Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-sv/sitemap.xml # PlayStation El Salvador Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/fi-fi/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Finland Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/fr-fr/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation France Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/de-de/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Germany Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/el-gr/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Greece Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-gt/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Guatemala Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-hn/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Honduras Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/hu-hu/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Hungary Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-in/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation India Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-ie/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Ireland Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/iw-il/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Israel Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/it-it/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Italy Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/de-lu/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Luxembourg (German) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/fr-lu/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Luxembourg (French) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-mx/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Mexico Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/nl-nl/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Netherlands Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-nz/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation New Zealand Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-ni/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Nicaragua Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/no-no/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Norway Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-pa/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Panama Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-py/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Paraguay Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-pe/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Peru Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/pl-pl/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Poland Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/pt-pt/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Portugal Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/ro-ro/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Romania Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/ru-ru/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Russia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/ar-sa/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Saudi Arabia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/sr-rs/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Serbia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/sk-sk/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Slovakia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/sl-si/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Slovenia Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-za/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation South Africa Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-es/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Spain Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/sv-se/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Sweden Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/de-ch/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Switzerland (German) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/fr-ch/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Switzerland (French) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/it-ch/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Switzerland (Italian) Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/tr-tr/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Turkey Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-ae/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation UAE / Middle East Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/uk-ua/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation Ukraine Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/sitemap.xml/ # PlayStation United Kingdom Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/sitemap.xml # PlayStation United States Sitemap: https://www.playstation.com/es-uy/sitemap.xml # PlayStation Uruguay
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-28 | ok 200 | 3f3efcb84aa3 |
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.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2025-09-15 CC-MAIN-2025-38 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | www.playstation.com | ok view | blocks | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2023-10-02 CC-MAIN-2023-40 | www.playstation.com | ok view | blocks | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2022-10-03 CC-MAIN-2022-40 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2021-09-27 CC-MAIN-2021-39 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2019-09-23 CC-MAIN-2019-39 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-10-22 CC-MAIN-2018-43 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-07-23 CC-MAIN-2018-30 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-04-23 CC-MAIN-2018-17 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2018-01-29 CC-MAIN-2018-05 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | www.playstation.com | ok view | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of playstation.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/playstation.com