# Vercel — Bot Protection: One-click managed ruleset now in public beta

- Company: Vercel (vercel.com)
- Announced: 2025-04-23T13:00:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://vercel.com/blog/one-click-bot-protection-now-in-public-beta
- Record: https://forck.live/items/20882-bot-protection-one-click-managed-ruleset-now-in-public-beta
- Subject: v0 / AI SDK / AI Gateway
- Pricing: free for all users on all plans

Vercel launched a Bot Protection managed ruleset in public beta, available free for all users on all plans. The ruleset uses heuristics-based detection to distinguish browser-based traffic from non-browser traffic, allowing verified bots and blocking or challenging unwanted bots. It is designed for sites expecting mostly human traffic and is not intended for sophisticated bots that mimic human behavior.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://vercel.com/blog/one-click-bot-protection-now-in-public-beta:

> The Bot Protection managed ruleset gives you the ability to stop unwanted bot traffic, while allowing business-critical bots through.

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