AASA-Bot — What It Is and How to Handle It

AASA-Bot is Apple's crawler that fetches Apple App Site Association files to support Universal Links functionality, allowing iOS apps to handle specific URL patterns.

Operator: Apple | Type: Feed Reader | Category: Feed Reader

AASA-Bot is classified as feed reader. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects AASA-Bot using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.