Amazon · User fetches
What is Amzn-User?
Amazon's user-triggered fetcher, which retrieves pages live when a user's request needs them.
- robots.txt token
Amzn-User- Operator
- Amazon
- Purpose
- User fetches
- Obeys robots.txt
- No The operator says robots.txt may not apply, or community reports say it ignores it.
- Documented by operator
- Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- Published IP list
- developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/live-ip-addresses/
- Documentation
- developer.amazon.com
Amazon says it may not follow all robots.txt rules, but it publishes a separate IP list you can filter on.
Block Amzn-User from your whole site
User-agent: Amzn-User
Disallow: /
Allow it, but keep private paths out
User-agent: Amzn-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
This bot fetches pages for a person, or for an agent acting on one's behalf. Several operators say robots.txt may not apply to such requests, so check the line above and enforce at your firewall if it matters.
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