# Claim 64

Google does not support the robots.txt Crawl-delay directive for Googlebot.

entity: Googlebot
field: honours_crawl_delay
value: no
statement: Google does not support the robots.txt Crawl-delay directive for Googlebot.
evidence_url: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2019/07/a-note-on-unsupported-rules-in-robotstxt
evidence_quote: "Why isn't a code handler for other rules like crawl-delay included in the code?"
method: vendor_doc
verified_at: 2026-09-13
confidence: medium
status: current
supersedes: none

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