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# IETF proposes common IP-range format | Agent Ready Crawlers

> IETF drafts propose a common IP-range format and crawler best practices: one for publishing IP ranges, one for crawler conduct. Dated 2026-10-22.

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News from 2026-10-22

# IETF drafts propose a common IP-range format and crawler best practices

In short

22 October 2026: IETF drafts propose a common IP-range format and crawler best practices. New webbotauth-related drafts include draft-illyes-webbotauth-jafar-01, a JSON format for publishing IP ranges of automated clients, and draft-illyes-webbotauth-cbcp-01 on crawler best practices, alongside the SAIL source address identity list draft. No Index row or vendor profile is tied to it; read the source before changing any rule.

New webbotauth-related drafts include draft-illyes-webbotauth-jafar-01, a JSON format for publishing IP ranges of automated clients, and draft-illyes-webbotauth-cbcp-01 on crawler best practices, alongside the SAIL source address identity list draft.

Primary source [datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/documents/](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/documents/), read 2026-11-04.

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## Sources

-   [IETF webbotauth working group documents](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/documents/) read 2026-11-04

Last reviewed 2026-11-04