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OAI-SearchBot

by OpenAI

AI indexing AI UA + IP range

Builds the index an AI assistant searches when it needs to find and cite a source.

OpenAI crawler that builds the search index behind ChatGPT's web results.

What it usually means

OpenAI is indexing this page so it can be surfaced and cited in ChatGPT search results.

How to identify it

User-Agent tokens
oai-searchbot
robots.txt stanza
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot

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 OAI-SearchBot

Sources

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