target.com: what it tells AI crawlers

On 27 October 2026, target.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot; it also published llms.txt.

Last verified 2026-10-28 03:59 UTC (daily run of 2026-10-27). Proof for that day.

Panel

top 1k (Tranco)

robots.txt

ok (HTTP 200) · https://www.target.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256 3f8a9e45a59d43ab… · view as recorded

The * group

partial applies to every agent without its own group

Per AI bot, 2026-10-27

Other signals

llms.txt: "Target.com", 6,158 bytes, 54 links.

robots.txt as recorded sha256 c078129c30c5110d…

Sitemap: https://www.target.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.target.com/sitemap_image_index.xml.gz
Sitemap: https://www.target.com/sitemap_video_index.xml.gz

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*/Ntk
Disallow: /*/Ntt
Disallow: /*/Ntx
Disallow: /*%7Cd_
Disallow: /*/schoollist/
Disallow: /*BTWN
Disallow: /[path]/
Disallow: /7078046/
Disallow: /7079046/
Disallow: /AddToList
Disallow: /AddToRegistry
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /advancedGiftRegistrySearchView
Disallow: /AjaxSearchNavigationView
Disallow: /Allons_voter
Disallow: /bp/c/
Disallow: /bp/guest_mfg_brand
Disallow: /bp/p/
Disallow: /CallToActionModalView
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /cgi-local
Disallow: /Checkout
Disallow: /CheckoutEditItemsDisplayView
Disallow: /CheckoutOrderBillingView
Disallow: /CheckoutOrderShippingView
Disallow: /CheckoutSignInView
Disallow: /common
Disallow: /coupons.
Disallow: /custom-reviews/
Disallow: /data
Disallow: /database/philboard.mdb
Disallow: /dir_on_server/
Disallow: /EmailCartView
Disallow: /EnlargedImageView
Disallow: /ESPDisplayOptionsViewCmd
Disallow: /ESPModal
Disallow: /ExitCheckoutCmd
Disallow: /FeaturedShowMoreOverlay
Disallow: /FetchProdRefreshContent
Disallow: /fiats
Disallow: /FiatsCmd
Disallow: /file
Disallow: /FreeGiftDisplayView
Disallow: /GenericRegistryPortalView
Disallow: /GiftRegistrySearchViewCmd
Disallow: /gp/
Disallow: /GuestAsAnonymous
Disallow: /guestEmailNotificationView
Disallow: /HelpContent
Disallow: /igp
Disallow: /index.jhtml
Disallow: /keyword=
Disallow: /legal-contact-us/
Disallow: /list.id=1
Disallow: /LogonForm
Disallow: /m/
Disallow: /ManageOrder
Disallow: /ManageReturns
Disallow: /MediaDisplayView
Disallow: /mm/
Disallow: /moreinfo.cfm
Disallow: /news
Disallow: /np/
Disallow: /OpenZoomLayer
Disallow: /OrderItemDisplay
Disallow: /OtherDisplayView
Disallow: /p/premium-registry
Disallow: /PhotoUpload
Disallow: /pl/
Disallow: /ProductComparisonCmd
Disallow: /ProductDetailsTabView
Disallow: /PromotionDetailsDisplayView
Disallow: /PromotionDisplayView
Disallow: /qi/
Disallow: /QuickInfoView
Disallow: /ready_sit_read/index.jhtml
Disallow: /RegistryPortalCmd
Disallow: /ReportAbuse
Disallow: /reviewVote
Disallow: /s?searchTerm=
Disallow: /script
Disallow: /SearchNavigationView
Disallow: /shop/
Disallow: /SingleShipmentOrderSummaryView
Disallow: /SOImapPriceDisplayView
Disallow: /SpecificationDefinitionView
Disallow: /splitOrderItem
Disallow: /store-locator/search-results-print
Disallow: /supertarget/index.jhtml
Disallow: /target_baby/
Disallow: /target_group
Disallow: /targetdirect_group/
Disallow: /TargetListPortalView
Disallow: /TargetStoreLocatorCmd
Disallow: /tdir/p/kids-back-to-school/
Disallow: /tsa/
Disallow: /VariationSelectionView
Disallow: /webapp
Disallow: /winnt/
Disallow: /WriteComments
Disallow: /WriteReviews
Disallow: /XCSA/

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 target.com is a leaf in that day's Merkle tree. Proof of the robots.txt line for 2026-10-27: audit path (JSON), day root and OpenTimestamps proof (complete (bitcoin block 973493)).

API: https://infrarabbit.com/crawlers/api/v1/policy/target.com