AI Bot Blocking -- does this block Google regular crawling

[twillis16]

What is the name of the domain?

ice-machine-repair.com

What is the error number?

na

What is the error message?

na

What is the issue you’re encountering

AI Bot Blocking – I want to know whether choosing the option to block AI bots also blocks Google regular search crawling.

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

Read the instructions, which don’t answer the question

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

none

[hollynghiem]

I think it will not block the Google regular search crawling. However, if the false positive happens, you can always create a Skip rules on Custom WAF.

[twillis16]

Hello! Thank you for replying. I really wish their set-up made this clear. Can this skip rules be done on a free account? If so, would you mind telling me how to set this up? I would greatly appreciate your help!

[Brian_M]

Some AI bots overlap with definitely automated bots and verified bots, the latter becoming verified AI bots.

For a partial list of verified AI Bots, refer to the Cloudflare Radar categories of AI Search, AI Assistant, AI Crawler, and Archiver.

Up-to-date documentation is found in “AI Bots” section of Cloudflare developer docs.

Bots | Cloudflare bot solutions docs