---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "pangubot"
kind: "ai_training"
operator: "Huawei (unconfirmed; UA contact pangubot@huawei.com)"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "low"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/pangubot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/pangubot/"
---

# PanguBot

> Claims to be Huawei's crawler (UA 'compatible;PanguBot;pangubot@huawei.com'); directories say it collects training data for Huawei's PanGu models. No Huawei documentation found.

## Dossier

- Kind: AI model crawlers
- Operator: Huawei (unconfirmed; UA contact pangubot@huawei.com) (https://www.huawei.com/)
- Documentation: none found
- robots.txt tokens: PanguBot
- Feeds: model training
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. Directories disagree on compliance; no verification method published.
- Verification: No published method
- Labels matched in our logs: pangubot

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

Possible PanGu training ingestion; unverified identity.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 3 requests on 1 days; first seen 2026-09-25, last seen 2026-09-25; Dormant.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://knownagents.com/agents/pangubot

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