Continuous accountability for Verified bots

A driver’s license tells you who someone is and that they passed a driving test, not whether they’ll drive responsibly in the future. The same is true for bots: verifying who operates it creates accountability, but trust depends on what it does next. A known bot can still ignore website preferences, overwhelm origins, or evade controls. It’s not always malicious — often it’s just a misconfiguration or a bug. As we described in a previous blog post on bot behavior, we strive to verify two questions: “Are you who you say you are?” and “Can we trust you?” To be a Cloudflare Verified Bot, you broa