What is ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User is a user-triggered fetch operated by OpenAI. Use this crawler profile to identify user-agent tokens, operator signals, platform hints, and recommended handling.
ChatGPT-User
OpenAI · User-triggered fetch
- Version
- 1.0
- First seen
- May 20, 2026
- Last seen
- May 25, 2026
- Confidence
- Known user-agent token
What is ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User is a user-triggered fetch operated by OpenAI. ChatGPT-User is likely a user-triggered fetcher that retrieves a page after someone asks for, previews, or opens a URL.
ChatGPT-User matched a known crawler token in the user-agent string, but this page alone does not prove IP ownership.
How to identify ChatGPT-User in logs
Search server logs for ChatGPT-User. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; ChatGPT-User/1.0; +https://openai.com/bot
Use this as a web-crawler lookup reference for identifying how this user-agent presents itself in server logs.
User-agent signals
- Product tokens
- Mozilla/5.0, AppleWebKit/537.36, Gecko, ChatGPT-User/1.0
- Documentation
- https://openai.com/bot
- Contact
- None found
- Platform
- Unknown · Unknown
- Browser profile
- Unknown · WebKit
- Browser-like UA
- Yes
- HTTP library
- Unknown
- Spoof risk
- Medium
Questions answered by this crawler profile
What is ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User is likely a user-triggered fetcher that retrieves a page after someone asks for, previews, or opens a URL.
Who operates ChatGPT-User?
ChatGPT-User is associated with OpenAI.
How do I identify ChatGPT-User in logs?
Search server logs for ChatGPT-User. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Should I allow ChatGPT-User?
Verify IP ownership or behavior before making security decisions because user-agent strings can be spoofed. User-triggered fetchers are often expected after someone shares or requests a URL, but sensitive pages should still require normal access controls.
Does ChatGPT-User respect robots.txt?
Robots.txt compliance cannot be proven from a user-agent string alone. Check the crawler operator documentation and your own logs before assuming behavior.