Your site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all customers
Jul 1, 2026Jin-Hee Lee, Bryan Becker
Summary
This post introduces a new taxonomy for classifying AI bots based on their behavior (Search, Agent, Training) and their content use (immediate, reference, full). It also announces new default settings for managing these bot types and the launch of BotBase for enhanced bot visibility for Enterprise customers. The core technical contribution is the classification system and the associated controls within the Cloudflare dashboard.
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