Bot intelligence record

ChatGPT-User

Review first

Use the ChatGPT-User identifier to separate OpenAI AI crawler, assistant, or AI search traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Ai Ai Assistant Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

OpenAI
ChatGPT-User
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Assistant
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-05-20
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify the user-agent together with OpenAI's published IP ranges for ChatGPT-User.
IP ranges
https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

Notes

ChatGPT-User is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI agent from OpenAI. The primary identifier for log review is ChatGPT-User.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: ChatGPT-User
  • Family: OpenAI
  • Type: AI
  • Kind: Agent

Common use

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Verification and handling

Verify the user-agent together with OpenAI's published IP ranges for ChatGPT-User.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Neutral and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.

Robots.txt handling: Unknown.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify the user-agent together with OpenAI's published IP ranges for ChatGPT-User.
  • Match `ChatGPT-User` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
  • User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots

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Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
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Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented
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Verified robots.txt: Unknown Block: Depends Verified Bot

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