Cloudflare · policy_changedContinuous Verified bot accountability evaluation

valid_from

2026-10-16

valid_to

null (still holds)

confidence

0.70

superseded_by

null

first seen

2026-10-28

last updated

2026-10-28

Sources

“Identity alone doesn't guarantee a bot will behave responsibly. We are introducing a system to continuously evaluate whether Verified bots honor site preferences, like robots.txt and HTTP 429s, ensuring they remain accountable over time.”— what the source said

• Continuous accountability for Verified botsprimary · blog.cloudflare.com

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