---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "qwenbot"
kind: "ai_training"
operator: "Alibaba (unconfirmed; UA claims Qwen)"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "low"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/qwenbot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/qwenbot/"
---

# Qwenbot

> Claims to be Alibaba's Qwen crawler (UA 'Qwenbot/1.0; +https://qwen.alibaba.com/'); third-party directories say it collects content for Qwen training and answers. The doc URL they cite (tongyi.aliyun.com/bot) redirects to a 404; no Alibaba documentation found.

## Dossier

- Kind: AI model crawlers
- Operator: Alibaba (unconfirmed; UA claims Qwen) (https://qwen.ai/)
- Documentation: none found
- robots.txt tokens: QwenBot
- Feeds: unknown
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. No operator documentation; directories disagree on compliance.
- Verification: No published method
- Labels matched in our logs: qwenbot

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

Possible Qwen training/answer ingestion; treat as unverified and watch for spoofing.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 7 requests on 2 days; first seen 2026-09-25, last seen 2026-10-21; Returning.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://knownagents.com/agents/qwenbot
- https://tongyi.aliyun.com/bot

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