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title: "OpenAI crawlers (4) — AI Crawler Index"
description: "Every crawler OpenAI operates, its robots.txt token, and what blocking it costs."
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# OpenAI

> Every crawler OpenAI operates, its robots.txt token, and what blocking it costs.

4 crawler(s) · [json](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/operator/openai.json)

| Crawler | Token | Category | robots.txt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ChatGPT Agent](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/crawler/chatgpt-agent.html) | `ChatGPT-User` | User-triggered fetchers | obeys robots.txt (documented) |
| [ChatGPT-User](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/crawler/chatgpt-user.html) | `ChatGPT-User` | User-triggered fetchers | obeys robots.txt (documented) |
| [GPTBot](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/crawler/gptbot.html) | `GPTBot` | AI training crawlers | obeys robots.txt (documented) |
| [OAI-SearchBot](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/crawler/oai-searchbot.html) | `OAI-SearchBot` | AI search crawlers | obeys robots.txt (documented) |

## Published IP ranges

| Endpoint | IPv4 | IPv6 | Operator timestamp |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPTBot](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/ip-ranges/openai-gptbot.html) | 21 | 0 | 2025-10-30T11:00:00.000000 |
| [OAI-SearchBot](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/ip-ranges/openai-searchbot.html) | 35 | 0 | 2026-01-02T11:00:00.000000 |
| [ChatGPT-User](https://www.pathwren.workers.dev/ip-ranges/openai-chatgpt-user.html) | 204 | 0 | 2026-08-14T20:03:38.055838 |

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