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// Alibaba

Qwen-User

AI answersNo fetched rangesVerified July 2026

// Overview

What it is

Qwen-User fetches web content in response to a Qwen user request. Aiola classifies it as AI answers because access happens on demand.

In Aiola's taxonomy, AI answers means fetched to answer a user's question now.

// Headers

User agent

Look for the match token inside the complete HTTP User-Agent header. Tokens can be spoofed, so use the network checks below for authentication.

Full example User-Agent
Qwen-User
Case-insensitive match token
Qwen-User

// Network

Official IP ranges

Alibaba has not published official IP ranges that Aiola successfully fetched for Qwen-User. Aiola does not list cloud-provider ranges or community guesses as if they authenticated this crawler.

// Verification

Verify authenticity

Start with the source IP recorded by your trusted edge or server, not an untrusted forwarded header.

Reverse- and forward-DNS double lookup
host REQUEST_IP
# Confirm the hostname ends in an official suffix
host RETURNED_HOSTNAME
# The forward lookup must return REQUEST_IP

For production checks, test against every current prefix in the vendor feed. Re-fetch feeds regularly: a July 2026 snapshot is evidence of publication, not a permanent firewall list.

// Robots.txt

Control it with robots.txt

Qwen-User is user-triggered. Alibaba's controls may differ from automated crawling, so do not assume a robots.txt block is an authentication boundary.

Allow Qwen-User
User-agent: Qwen-User
Allow: /
Block Qwen-User
User-agent: Qwen-User
Disallow: /

No official crawler documentation URL is listed because Aiola could not verify one confidently.

// Analytics

Track it

Aiola tracks this crawler on your site — crawls, pages, trends. See when Qwen-User arrives, which URLs it requests, and how activity changes over time.

// FAQ

FAQ

What is Qwen-User?

Qwen-User fetches web content in response to a Qwen user request. Aiola classifies it as AI answers because access happens on demand.

What user-agent token identifies Qwen-User?

Match the case-insensitive token “Qwen-User” in the User-Agent header. A matching header alone does not authenticate the sender.

Can I verify Qwen-User by IP address?

No official Qwen-User CIDR snapshot was successfully fetched for this verification date. Do not treat an arbitrary cloud IP as proof of identity.

Can robots.txt block Qwen-User?

Qwen-User is user-triggered. Alibaba's controls may differ from automated crawling, so do not assume a robots.txt block is an authentication boundary. Use the specific “Qwen-User” group when you want a rule for this identity without changing rules for every crawler.

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