userapi.com: what it tells AI crawlers
On 27 October 2026, userapi.com's robots.txt allowed all of GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot and CCBot.
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://vk.com/robots.txt
unchanged since 2026-10-26 · sha256573219d395c1aa08…· view as recorded - The * group
- allows applies to every agent without its own group
Per AI bot, 2026-10-27
| 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 | named in its own 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 |
Other signals
| Publishes /llms.txt | no |
| Publishes /ai.txt | no |
| Publishes /.well-known/tdmrep.json | no |
| 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 as recorded sha256 573219d395c1aa08…
User-agent: * Disallow: /doc-* Disallow: /away.php Disallow: /im? Disallow: /search*&*&*& Disallow: *?w=story Disallow: *?w=wall Disallow: *?w=page Disallow: *?w=app Disallow: *?w=poll Disallow: *?w=service-booking-* Disallow: *?w=likes Disallow: *?w=shares Disallow: *?w=note Disallow: *?w=away Disallow: /call?id= Disallow: /feed$ Disallow: /feed* Disallow: /bookmarks* Disallow: /friends* Disallow: /gifts Disallow: /groups?id= Disallow: /narrative- Disallow: /audio?performer=1&q= Disallow: /stats?gid= Disallow: /write- Disallow: /app*_ Disallow: *api_access_key= Disallow: *_query= Disallow: /wall*?reply= Disallow: /wall*?thread= Disallow: /search*sort= Disallow: *m=1$ Disallow: *loc= Disallow: *from_id= Disallow: *ad_id= Disallow: *_smt= Disallow: /app*form_id= Disallow: /podcast*t= Disallow: /coin*mid= Disallow: *z=album Disallow: *z=clip Disallow: *z=photo Disallow: *z=video Disallow: /market_catalog/*?w=product- Disallow: /page- Disallow: /ua_mailing Disallow: *?w=address Disallow: /*?null$ Disallow: /pages?oid=- Disallow: /*/video- Disallow: *?order= Disallow: /wall-*?q= Disallow: /widget_auth.php Disallow: /wall*?own=1 Disallow: /wall*?search=1 Disallow: /*?offset=0 Disallow: /*?utm_*= Disallow: /topic*?post= Disallow: /login?*= Disallow: /feed?section=search&q= Disallow: /wall*?with= Disallow: *?act= Disallow: /call/* Disallow: /calls* Disallow: /429.html Disallow: *?slogin* Disallow: *?ysclid* Allow: /apps?act=search_page&tags= Allow: /games?act=search_page&tags= Allow: /apps*&tags= Allow: /page-777107_28406709$ Allow: /page-2158488_44000074$ Allow: /page-59800369_45472411$ Allow: /page-2158488_44596199$ Allow: /page-2158488_50129817$ Allow: /search*offset= Allow: /feed?section=coronavirus$ Allow: /feed?section=stayhome$ Disallow: *?reactions_opened* Disallow: *share.php?* Disallow: *?list=wall Disallow: *?reply= Disallow: *?from Disallow: *?from=profile Disallow: *?post_add Disallow: *?menu_opened Disallow: */challenge.html* Disallow: */widget_* Disallow: */_widget* Disallow: *err404.php* User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /doc-* Disallow: /away.php Disallow: /im? Disallow: /search*&*&*& Disallow: *?w=story Disallow: *?w=wall Disallow: *?w=page Disallow: *?w=app Disallow: *?w=poll Disallow: *?w=service-booking-* Disallow: *?w=likes Disallow: *?w=shares Disallow: *?w=note Disallow: *?w=away Disallow: /call?id= Disallow: /feed$ Disallow: /feed* Disallow: /bookmarks* Disallow: /friends* Disallow: /gifts Disallow: /groups?id= Disallow: /narrative- Disallow: /audio?performer=1&q= Disallow: /stats?gid= Disallow: /write- Disallow: /app*_ Disallow: *api_access_key= Disallow: *_query= Disallow: /wall*?reply= Disallow: /wall*?thread= Disallow: /search*sort= Disallow: *m=1$ Disallow: *loc= Disallow: *from_id= Disallow: *ad_id= Disallow: *_smt= Disallow: /app*form_id= Disallow: /podcast*t= Disallow: /coin*mid= Disallow: *z=album Disallow: *z=clip Disallow: *z=photo Disallow: *z=video Disallow: /market_catalog/*?w=product- Disallow: /ua_mailing Disallow: *?w=address Disallow: /*?null$ Disallow: /*/video- Disallow: *?order= Disallow: /wall-*?q= Disallow: /widget_auth.php Disallow: /wall*?own=1 Disallow: /wall*?search=1 Disallow: /*?offset=0 Disallow: /*?utm_*= Disallow: /topic*?post= Disallow: /feed?section=search&q= Disallow: /wall*?with= Disallow: *?act= Disallow: /call/* Disallow: *?slogin* Disallow: *?ysclid* Allow: /apps?act=search_page&tags= Allow: /games?act=search_page&tags= Allow: /apps*&tags= Allow: /page-777107_28406709$ Allow: /page-2158488_44000074$ Allow: /page-59800369_45472411$ Allow: /page-2158488_44596199$ Allow: /page-2158488_50129817$ Allow: /search*offset= Allow: /feed?section=coronavirus$ Allow: /feed?section=stayhome Disallow: *?reactions_opened* Disallow: *share.php?* Disallow: *?list=wall Disallow: *?reply= Disallow: *?from Disallow: *?from=profile Disallow: *?post_add Disallow: *?menu_opened Disallow: */challenge.html* Disallow: */widget_* Disallow: */_widget* Disallow: *err404.php* User-agent: Yandex Disallow: /doc-* Disallow: /away.php Disallow: /im? Disallow: /search*&*&*& Disallow: *?w=story Disallow: *?w=service-booking-* Disallow: *?w=wall Disallow: *?w=page Disallow: *?w=app Disallow: *?w=poll Disallow: *?w=likes Disallow: *?w=shares Disallow: *?w=note Disallow: *?w=away Disallow: /call?id= Disallow: /feed$ Disallow: /feed* Disallow: /bookmarks* Disallow: /friends* Disallow: /gifts Disallow: /groups?id= Disallow: /narrative- Disallow: /audio?performer=1&q= Disallow: /stats?gid= Disallow: /write- Disallow: /app*_ Disallow: *api_access_key= Disallow: *_query= Disallow: /wall*?reply= Disallow: /wall*?thread= Disallow: /search*sort= Disallow: *m=1$ Disallow: *loc= Disallow: *from_id= Disallow: *ad_id= Disallow: *_smt= Disallow: /app*form_id= Disallow: /podcast*t= Disallow: /coin*mid= Disallow: *z=album Disallow: *z=clip Disallow: *z=photo Disallow: *z=video Disallow: /market_catalog/*?w=product- Disallow: /page- Disallow: /ua_mailing Disallow: *?w=address Disallow: /*?null$ Disallow: /pages?oid=- Disallow: /*/video- Disallow: *?order= Disallow: /wall-*?q= Disallow: /widget_auth.php Disallow: /wall*?own=1 Disallow: /wall*?search=1 Disallow: /*?offset=0 Disallow: /*?utm_*= Disallow: /topic*?post= Disallow: /login?*= Disallow: /feed?section=search&q= Disallow: /wall*?with= Disallow: *?act= Disallow: /call/* Disallow: *?slogin* Disallow: *?ysclid* Allow: /apps?act=search_page&tags= Allow: /games?act=search_page&tags= Allow: /apps*&tags= Allow: /page-777107_28406709$ Allow: /page-2158488_44000074$ Allow: /page-59800369_45472411$ Allow: /page-2158488_44596199$ Allow: /page-2158488_50129817$ Allow: /search*offset= Allow: /feed?section=coronavirus$ Allow: /feed?section=stayhome$ Disallow: *?reactions_opened* Disallow: *share.php?* Disallow: *?list=wall Disallow: *?reply= Disallow: *?from Disallow: *?from=profile Disallow: *?post_add Disallow: *?menu_opened Disallow: */challenge.html* Disallow: */widget_* Disallow: */_widget* Disallow: *err404.php* Allow: /s/v1/doc/HumbuSZq4Cz8r12yDSagIdh_NxHYmKpay8X54ZO2sua7_f_yyQk Clean-param: ref&list&from&rev&anchor&utm_source&utm_medium&utm_campaign&01&02&03&04&05&06&07&08&09&10&11&12&13&14&15&16&17&18&19&20
robots.txt versions
| From | Through | State | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-27 | ok 200 | 573219d395c1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-16 CC-MAIN-2024-38 | userapi.com | redirect-only | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2020-09-28 CC-MAIN-2020-40 | userapi.com | redirect-only | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2018-09-24 CC-MAIN-2018-39 | userapi.com | redirect-only | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2017-10-23 CC-MAIN-2017-43 | www.userapi.com | redirect-only | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2017-09-25 CC-MAIN-2017-39 | www.userapi.com | redirect-only | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2017-07-24 CC-MAIN-2017-30 | www.userapi.com | redirect-only | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| 2017-04-24 CC-MAIN-2017-17 | www.userapi.com | absent | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2017-01-23 CC-MAIN-2017-04 | userapi.com | absent | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-10-03 CC-MAIN-2016-40 | www.userapi.com | absent | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
| 2016-09-05 CC-MAIN-2016-36 | userapi.com | absent | allows | allows | unknown | allows | allows | unknown | allows |
Evidence
Every daily observation of userapi.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/userapi.com