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

# Applebot-Extended

> Secondary user agent that does not crawl; it only governs whether data already crawled by Applebot may be used to train Apple's foundation models.

## Dossier

- Kind: AI model crawlers
- Operator: Apple (https://www.apple.com/)
- Documentation: https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829
- robots.txt tokens: Applebot-Extended
- Feeds: model training
- Respects robots.txt: Yes, per its documentation. Disallowing it does not remove pages from Apple search and is not a ranking factor. Apple says it does not crawl, so requests carrying this UA are not Apple.
- Verification: Published IP ranges and reverse DNS (https://search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json)
- Labels matched in our logs: applebot-extended

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

Control switch for Apple Intelligence training use of New Runtime; real Apple traffic arrives as Applebot (verifiable via *.applebot.apple.com rDNS).

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 5 requests on 2 days; first seen 2026-08-25, last seen 2026-09-11; Dormant.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829

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