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// 1h agoPRODUCT UPDATE
Vercel Firewall now splits AI crawlers, assistants
Vercel’s AI Bots managed ruleset now lets developers log or deny AI crawlers separately from AI assistants, blocking training and indexing traffic while preserving user-requested page fetches. The controls are available on all plans through the dashboard and CLI.
// ANALYSIS
This is a meaningful shift from blunt “block all AI” switches toward purpose-based web access controls, though accuracy depends on bots identifying themselves correctly.
- –Developers can deny crawlers while allowing assistants to retrieve current content for users
- –Separate log actions make it easier to measure AI traffic before enforcing blocks
- –Vercel automatically updates the managed bot list as new services emerge
- –CLI support enables repeatable firewall configuration in deployment workflows
- –The feature brings Vercel closer to Cloudflare’s granular AI crawler controls.
// TAGS
vercel-firewallsecurityclouddevtoolagentweb-agent
DISCOVERED
1h ago
2026-10-29
PUBLISHED
1h ago
2026-10-29
RELEVANCE
8/ 10
AUTHOR
vercel_dev