About this bot
Google-GeminiNotebook is associated with Google and used for user-supplied-source-fetch.
The primary identifying signal is Google-GeminiNotebook.
Representative request identity: Current browser-style User-Agents include Google-GeminiNotebook; former Google-NotebookLM support ended in August 2026..
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: official-documented.
robots.txt is not recorded as a reliable control for this request mode.
Common use: fetching sources explicitly supplied by users to Gemini Notebook / NotebookLM experiences.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling: depends.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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Google-GeminiNotebookCurrent browser-style User-Agents include Google-GeminiNotebook; former Google-NotebookLM support ended in August 2026. - Also known as
- Google-NotebookLM (former)
Details
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Family
- Purpose
- User supplied source fetch
- Common Use
- fetching sources explicitly supplied by users to Gemini Notebook / NotebookLM experiences
- Respects robots.txt
- No
Verification
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `Google-GeminiNotebook` as the documented identity signal and corroborate source network, DNS, signatures, or request context when stronger authentication is required.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `Google-GeminiNotebook` identity in request logs and corroborate the surrounding request context. A User-Agent string alone can be copied.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt is not a reliable control for this identity. Use server-side access controls if restriction is required.