---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "amazonbot"
kind: "ai_training"
operator: "Amazon"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "high"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/amazonbot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/amazonbot/"
---

# Amazonbot

> Amazon crawler used to improve Amazon products and services; Amazon states its data may be used to train Amazon AI models. Related agents: Amzn-SearchBot (search, e.g. Alexa; no AI training) and Amzn-User (live user-request fetches).

## Dossier

- Kind: AI model crawlers
- Operator: Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/)
- Documentation: https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot
- robots.txt tokens: Amazonbot
- Feeds: model training, search index
- Respects robots.txt: Yes, per its documentation. Honors REP incl. per-subdomain robots.txt (cached up to 30 days); ignores crawl-delay; honors nofollow and noarchive/noindex/none meta tags.
- Verification: Published IP ranges (https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/ip-addresses/)
- Labels matched in our logs: amazonbot

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

Feeds Amazon AI and Alexa-style answers; Amzn-User hits (if seen) would be live user questions.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 2,267 requests on 24 days; first seen 2026-09-25, last seen 2026-10-23; Regular.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md