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ChatGPT-User

by OpenAI

AI answers AI UA + signature

Fetches a page when a user asks an assistant to answer with fresh web context.

User-triggered fetches when ChatGPT opens a page to answer a person.

What it usually means

A person asked an AI assistant a question, and the assistant fetched this URL to answer with fresh context or citations.

How to identify it

User-Agent tokens
chatgpt-user
robots.txt stanza
User-agent: ChatGPT-User

How it's verified

Currently loaded ranges (sample) Refreshed Jul 20, 2026
132.196.86.0/24172.182.202.0/25172.182.204.0/24172.182.207.0/25172.182.214.0/24172.182.215.0/2420.125.66.80/2820.171.206.0/2420.171.207.0/244.227.36.0/25

6 IP sources configured

OpenAI's page for ChatGPT-User

Sources

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