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# Accountable designation: definition | Agent Ready Crawlers

> Accountable designation: Cloudflare's label for crawlers whose operators offer a training opt-out and say it does not affect search. Read 2026-11-04.

Source: https://agentreadycrawlers.com/glossary/accountable-designation
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Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Glossary

# Accountable designation

In short

Cloudflare's label for crawler operators that offer a training opt-out, an AI-summary opt-out, URL-level visibility, and an assurance that opting out of training does not affect search. Cloudflare applied the label on 2026-09-15 to Apple, Google and Microsoft as mixed-use crawlers, and to Amazon, Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI as operators of split crawlers.

## Definition

Cloudflare's label for crawler operators that offer a training opt-out, an AI-summary opt-out, URL-level visibility, and an assurance that opting out of training does not affect search.

## Sourced example

Cloudflare says Apple, Google and Microsoft meet the Accountable qualifications. [Source](https://blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers/), read 2026-11-04.

## How it shows up here

Cloudflare applied the label on 2026-09-15 to Apple, Google and Microsoft as mixed-use crawlers, and to Amazon, Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI as operators of split crawlers.

-   [Cloudflare adds Disallow AI Training and the Accountable label](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/news/2026-09-15-cloudflare-adds-disallow-ai-training-and-the-accountable-lab/)
-   [Cloudflare profile](https://agentreadycrawlers.com/vendors/cloudflare/)

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## Sources

-   [Have it both ways: stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training](https://blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers/) read 2026-11-04

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