Context
Cloudflare introduced a crawler-purpose taxonomy separating Search, Agent and Training traffic and announced new default controls.
What changed
Website owners could express different access policies based on how automated systems intend to use content.
Why it matters
AI visibility strategy must distinguish discovery/search access from model training and real-time agent access.
Visibility OS interpretation
Crawler access is becoming a first-class distribution decision rather than a binary allow/block choice.
What remains uncertain
No event-specific uncertainty note is recorded yet. This record may change as new evidence is reviewed.