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The page's own meta description states '10 GB of storage' - the two figures on the same page disagree.","unit":"GB","metered_on":"wall-clock","source_url":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/","read_on":"2026-10-24","notes":"the page says 5 GB in its body and 10 GB in its meta description; 5 GB is used because it is the sentence a reader acts on, and the conflict is recorded rather than resolved"},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: the unit is a virtual machine, not an object"},"retention":{"stated":"Quoted: 'Each month, a light server needs a small number of community points to renew. ... Miss a month because life happened, and nothing dramatic occurs. The server is paused, not deleted. Your disk and configuration wait for up to 60 days, and the moment your balance recovers, the same machine comes back exactly as you left it.'","days":60,"source_url":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/","notes":"paused, not deleted, for up to 60 days; renewal is monthly and automatic once the points balance is met"},"egress":{"terms":"not stated: no traffic volume, shaping tier or bandwidth figure appears in the announcement or on the project's home page","metered":false,"free_allowance":"unstated","source_url":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/"},"interface":["ssh"],"interface_detail":"SSH over IPv6, plus a web console at s.eus for image choice, reinstall and reverse DNS. Quoted: 'Reinstall from the same page whenever you break something'. No IPv4 at all.","tooling":"any SSH client, but it must reach IPv6: the announcement says 'for SSH, connect from a network with IPv6 or through a tunnel'","chaining":"a free always-on IPv6 box with 512 MB and a static address with editable rDNS, which suits a health monitor or an IPv6-only service; it cannot be a WireGuard endpoint for a client without IPv6","limits":[{"kind":"retention-clamped","value":"monthly renewal against a community-points balance; a missed month pauses the server for up to 60 days","source":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/"},{"kind":"write-gated","value":"the applicant must verify a GitHub account that is at least two years old","source":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/"},{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"512 MB RAM and 5 GB storage, one shared vCPU; no traffic allowance is stated","source":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/"},{"kind":"volume-quota","value":"the first batch is small: 'The first batch is small; if the queue is full, it moves as boxes are released, so check back.'","source":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/"}],"binding":"write-gated","binding_note":"a GitHub account at least two years old plus a community-points balance renewed monthly is the gate, and the supply is a queue that was opened on 2026-10-22 and is explicitly small","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"No card and no hold, stated plainly: 'Nobody will ever be asked for a payment method, because there is nothing to pay for.' The account is created on the SEUS community console and requires a GitHub account at least two years old: 'create an account and verify your GitHub account (at least two years old), same as for domains'. No phone and no document. The community membership is itself a gate: the points that renew the server are earned by posting.","country":null},"reliability_note":"no reliability event observed the project states the machines are 'small and shared' and that 'A noisy neighbor can slow your disk', and asks that nothing be run that 'must never go down'","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"shape, the IPv6-only design, the renewal mechanic, the pause window and the GitHub gate are all quoted from the project's own announcement read today; the s.eus console itself returned a marketing page rather than a form, so the request flow was not read","evidence":[{"url":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'One shared vCPU, 512 MB of memory, and 5 GB of storage, enough for a blog, a practice mail server, a bot, or a small flock of containers'"},{"url":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/blog/introducing-seus-light-servers/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'A real, static IPv6 address, with reverse DNS you can edit yourself in the console' and 'these machines are IPv6-only. 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The first batch is small; if the queue is full, it moves as boxes are released, so check back.'"},{"url":"https://publicfreesuffix.org/","date":"2026-10-24","proved":"quoted: 'Public Free Suffix is a non-profit free subdomain service with an education-first mission, built and run by the community since January 1, 2025.' and 'New: SEUS Light Servers are live. A free IPv6-only box of your own ... free forever, powered by community points.'"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-24T06:31:00.000Z","price_per_tb_month":null,"notes":"Not in dossier/compute before this record. Two things make this a caveat rather than a clean qualify: the supply is an explicit queue that opened three days before this read, and renewal depends on posting in a community rather than on paying or on logging in. That second point is unusual and worth stating plainly: the machine stays free if he writes a build log a month. The page disagrees with itself on storage (5 GB in the body, 10 GB in the meta description) and both are quoted. What could not be established: the traffic allowance, whether the queue has cleared, and what the request form asks. What would settle them: the s.eus console behind a login, which needs an account and was not created.","extras":{"shape":{"vcpu":1,"ram_gib":0.5,"disk_gib":5,"gpu_class":null,"gpu_count":null},"billing_model":"free","term":"monthly, renewed with community points","m10h_usd":0,"m24h_usd":0,"price_arithmetic":"no price: 'Nobody will ever be asked for a payment method, because there is nothing to pay for.'","free_tier_kind":"renewable-free","network_out":{"allow_outbound":true,"allow_inbound_listen":true,"ports":"IPv6 only, any port; no IPv4","static_ip":true,"ipv6":true,"per_session_bytes":null},"session_cap":{"wall_clock_min":null,"idle_reap_s":null,"restart_required":false,"note":"monthly renewal; paused rather than deleted for up to 60 days on a missed month"},"storage_discrepancy":"5 GB in the announcement body, 10 GB in the same page's meta description","renewal_currency":"community points earned by posting a build log tagged #PFS, answering a DNS question, or writing up a config; 'roughly one decent post or a handful of helpful replies a month'","queue_state":"requests opened 2026-10-22; 'The first batch is small; if the queue is full, it moves as boxes are released'"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.extras.m10h_usd","kind":"price","num":0,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.extras.m24h_usd","kind":"price","num":0,"unit":null,"per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":512,"unit":"MB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:retention-clamped","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[1].value","kind":"limit:write-gated","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[2].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":512,"unit":"MB","per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"},{"path":"$.limits[3].value","kind":"limit:volume-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"}],"unknown":[["$.egress.metered","egress-unknown"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}