Updates to Botshttps://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changeloghttps://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#managed-robotstxt-will-prepend-existing-fileshttps://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#web-bot-auth-is-now-available-for-bot-verificationhttps://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#anomaly-detection-events-now-receive-a-bot-score-of-2https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#anomaly-detection-events-now-receive-a-bot-score-of-2<p>Events detected by the <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#machine-learning-model-v9-is-now-the-default-modelhttps://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#machine-learning-model-v9-is-now-the-default-model<p><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#managed-robotstxt-is-now-availablehttps://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#bot-detection-alerts-are-now-availablehttps://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#bot-detection-alerts-are-now-available<p>You can now create a <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/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://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#ai-bots-is-now-a-managed-rulehttps://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/#ai-bots-is-now-a-managed-rule<p><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/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