OpenAI & ChatGPT IP Address List
Official IP ranges for GPTBot, OpenAI-SearchBot, and ChatGPT-User. Verify AI crawler requests and protect your site from spoofs.
How to Manage OpenAI Bots for SEO
As AI agents become a primary source of information retrieval, ensuring your site is accessible to OpenAI's bots while preventing malicious spoofs is critical.
Robots.txt Configuration
If you want to allow or disallow GPTBot, you can use the following in your robots.txt file:
User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / # To allow GPTBot Disallow: / # To block GPTBot
Why Check for Genuine IPs?
Malicious scrapers often identify themselves as "GPTBot" or "Googlebot" to bypass security rules. By comparing the requesting IP address against the official lists provided above, you can confirm if the request is truly coming from OpenAI's infrastructure.
Handling ChatGPT-User
Requests from ChatGPT-User are different from standard crawls. These are triggered in real-time by a human using the tool. Blocking these IPs may prevent your users from being able to use AI to interact with your content.