Updates to Botshttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changeloghttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#new-options-to-manage-ai-traffichttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#new-options-to-manage-ai-traffic<p>All customers can now manage AI crawlers by behavior — <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/concepts/bot/#ai-bots">Search, Agent, and Training</a> — instead of a single Block AI bots toggle. Configure these options from <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/additional-configurations/block-ai-bots/">Block AI Bots</a>. New defaults, in which Training and Agent are blocked on pages that display ads while Search remains allowed, take effect for new domains on September 15, 2026.</p> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#botbase-and-attribution-business-insights-for-enterprise-bot-managementhttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#botbase-and-attribution-business-insights-for-enterprise-bot-management<p>Enterprise Bot Management customers can now use <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/botbase/">BotBase</a>, a searchable directory of all tracked bots and agents with their behavior classification and detection IDs, and <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/attribution-business-insights/">Attribution Business Insights</a>, a dashboard showing site-wide and per-operator crawl-to-referral ratios alongside bot traffic to your content.</p> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#managed-robotstxt-will-prepend-existing-fileshttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#managed-robotstxt-will-prepend-existing-files<p>Cloudflare will prepend our managed <code>robots.txt</code> before your existing <code>robots.txt</code>, combining both into a single response.</p> Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#web-bot-auth-is-now-available-for-bot-verificationhttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#web-bot-auth-is-now-available-for-bot-verification<p>Web Bot Auth is an authentication method that leverages cryptographic signatures in HTTP messages to verify that a request comes from an automated bot. This provides a more robust way of verifying bots.</p> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#anomaly-detection-events-now-receive-a-bot-score-of-2https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#anomaly-detection-events-now-receive-a-bot-score-of-2<p>Events detected by the <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/concepts/bot-detection-engines/#anomaly-detection-enterprise">anomaly detection engine</a> are now given a bot score of 2.</p> Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#machine-learning-model-v9-is-now-the-default-modelhttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#machine-learning-model-v9-is-now-the-default-model<p><a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/reference/machine-learning-models/#model-versions-and-release-notes">Machine Learning model v9</a> is now the default model for all new zones and existing zones set to use the latest machine learning model.</p> Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#managed-robotstxt-is-now-availablehttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#managed-robotstxt-is-now-available<p>Direct AI crawlers on what they can and cannot scrape from your website or application by <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/">implementing a <code>robots.txt</code> file</a> to your domain.</p> Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#bot-detection-alerts-are-now-availablehttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#bot-detection-alerts-are-now-available<p>You can now create a <a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/reference/alerts/">Bot Detection Alert</a> to notify you when Cloudflare detects a spike in Bot traffic on your website.</p> Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#ai-bots-is-now-a-managed-rulehttps://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/changelog/#ai-bots-is-now-a-managed-rule<p><a href="https://edgetunnel-b2h.pages.dev/bots/concepts/bot/#ai-bots">AI bots protection</a> has been upgraded from a custom rule to a managed rule.</p> Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT