HuaweiAI search crawler
PetalBot
PetalBot is a Huawei crawler used for recommendations, assistant features, and AI search services. This record has no current Huawei source, so treat a matching request as unverified.
Needed to be found in its search index.
- PetalBotSearchNot checked
Reads your live robots.txt and applies the same rules these crawlers use. Nothing is stored.
- robots.txt token
PetalBot- Follows robots.txt
- Yes, documented
- How to verify it
- Not published
- Seen on
- Not measured
- Last checked
- 11 June 2026
Should you block PetalBot?
You can, but it may not listen. Huawei has not documented PetalBot, so treat any rule as a request. Blocking it can reduce Huawei search and assistant discovery of your pages.
User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /Asks PetalBot not to crawl any page. Add it to the robots.txt file at the root of your site, above any wider rules.
Allowing PetalBot only creates the possibility of retrieval. To find out whether your pages are selected, measure which answer engines actually cite your pages using a stable query set.
Spot it in your logs.
Match the name, then check where the request came from. Anyone can copy a user-agent.
PetalBotThis string comes from a public crawler registry or observed naming, not current operator documentation.
- 1
Match the name
Search your server or CDN log for
PetalBot, case-insensitive. A match is a clue, not proof. - 2
Check the source
Huawei publishes no IP ranges, reverse DNS or signatures for PetalBot in the sources here, so it cannot be verified. Treat matches as unconfirmed.
Serve the content in HTML
The cited operator material does not verify JavaScript rendering. Serve useful HTML before client-side JavaScript where possible.
Questions, answered.
PetalBot is a Huawei crawler used for recommendations, assistant features, and AI search services. This record has no current Huawei source, so treat a matching request as unverified.
Sources.
Reported, not operator verified. Operator facts and Trakkr’s measurements keep separate dates.
- [1]Reported crawler reference
Reported, not operator verified · checked 11 June 2026
github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/blob/main/table-of-bot-metrics.md
Last source check 11 June 2026.
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