Perplexity-User
Fetches a page live when a Perplexity user asks about it. Distinct from PerplexityBot (the index crawler) — this one only arrives on user request.
| robots.txt token | Perplexity-User |
| Respects robots.txt | No — documented to bypass robots.txt for user-requested fetches |
| Verification | Perplexity publishes IP ranges |
| Our recommendation | Your call — User-initiated like ChatGPT-User, but the documented robots bypass means a polite opt-out doesn't exist — if you care, control it at the edge. |
Block Perplexity-User with robots.txt
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow: /robots.txt is a request, not a wall — requests claiming to be Perplexity-User from unverified networks should be treated as bad bots. How to verify crawlers by network →
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