user-triggered fetch
A request made because a person asked the assistant about a specific URL.
What user-triggered fetch does not show
Volume reflects user curiosity rather than crawl policy, so it is a poor proxy for how well a site is indexed.
Where user-triggered fetch comes up on this site
- AI crawler list: what each bot does and how to verify itA user-triggered fetch is not a scraper harvesting your site; it is a person asking an assistant about you and the assistant going to look.
- How to block AI crawlers like GPTBot and ClaudeBotThe user-triggered fetch is the one blocked by accident most often.
- How to verify Googlebot, GPTBot and other crawlers by IPA request claiming GPTBot from an address in OpenAI's ChatGPT-User list is an OpenAI request, but it is not GPTBot: match each name to its own list, or you hide the difference between a training crawler and a user-triggered fetch.
Definitions that name user-triggered fetch
Google-Agent · ClaudeBot vs Claude-User
Related terms in Crawlers and access
Who is fetching, whether they are who they claim, and what your rules actually permit.
visitor resolve · published crawler ranges · operator origin · signed agent · agent arrival · agent conduct record · agent traffic index · user-triggered fetch exemption · retrieval crawler · verified crawler · forged crawler identity · unverifiable · robots.txt · user-agent group · AI opt-out · Content-Signal · crawl budget · cloaking · challenge page at 200 · uniform refusal · nonexistent-path control · blocked render resource · off-host redirect · homepage refused · FCrDNS · Crawler trap · Conditional request · ASN blocking · operator feed · residential proxy · Google-Extended · Google-Agent · GPTBot vs OAI-SearchBot · ClaudeBot vs Claude-User · PerplexityBot vs Perplexity-User · CCBot · Bytespider · agentic traffic · crawler classification · user agent · datacenter IP · vantage point · rate limit · delivery comparison · honeypot
Questions about user-triggered fetch
What is user-triggered fetch?
A request made because a person asked the assistant about a specific URL.
What does user-triggered fetch not show or guarantee?
Volume reflects user curiosity rather than crawl policy, so it is a poor proxy for how well a site is indexed.
Which area of the glossary does user-triggered fetch belong to?
Crawlers and access: Who is fetching, whether they are who they claim, and what your rules actually permit.
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