# Google-CloudVertexBot

Operator: Google
Purpose: AI search
Reviewed: 2026-09-14
HTTP identifier: Google-CloudVertexBot
robots.txt token: Google-CloudVertexBot

## What is Google-CloudVertexBot?

Crawls sites for owner-requested Vertex AI agents.

## How to identify it

Look for the Google-CloudVertexBot identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.

## How to check identity

Use Google’s published IP ranges for this crawler class and its forward-confirmed reverse DNS procedure.

## Access and robots.txt

The operator documents robots.txt rules for this identifier.

Optional full-site opt-out; merge with existing rules only if intended. Not a security control.

```text
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Disallow: /
```

## What it means in your analytics

These requests may belong to a configured knowledge source.

## Useful measures

Fetched pages; Failed retrievals; Repeat fetches.

## What to check next

Check the Vertex AI data source and verify that its intended pages can be retrieved.

## Sources

- [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-common-crawlers)

Operator facts are source-backed; interpretation and actions are Apostl guidance.

## Related profiles

- [Googlebot](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot)
- [Google-Extended](https://apostl.dev/bots/google-extended)
- [Googlebot-Image](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot-image)

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