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Free tier	FREE TIER IS 1,000 ITEMS, NOT 1 TB. The famous 1 TB was killed on 2019-01-08. Free = 1,000 photos/videos total, of which max 50 may be non-public. Pro (paid) = unlimited storage, full-res, no monthly cap. unit objects; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Free and unmetered for public images (staticflickr.com CDN). Non-public content on free accounts is capped at 50 and at risk of deletion, so egress is real only for public photos.
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	rest, rclone rest
Tooling	Flickr API (OAuth1), flickr-sync; no native rclone backend; ShareX and Lightroom publish plugins.
Composes with	Unlimited free accounts x 1,000 items. This is a per-record cap, not a byte cap — but 1,000 items x 200 MB max = ~200 GB/account at absolute best, and item 1,001 is deleted.
Reliability	Enforcement is real and documented: over-limit accounts are suspended or have content deleted. Pro is required for any bulk use.
Notes	FREE TIER IS 1,000 ITEMS, NOT 1 TB. The famous 1 TB was killed on 2019-01-08. Free = 1,000 photos/videos total, of which max 50 may be non-public. Pro (paid) = unlimited storage, full-res, no monthly cap.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/13690320471060-Free-acc	'Store more than 50 Non-Public photos or videos'; 'Upload over 1,000 items'; 'Content that exceeds these limits is at risk of suspension or deletion'
2026-10-21	blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/01/changing-flickr-free-accounts-	the 2018 announcement ending 1 TB for free accounts, effective Jan 8 2019
2026-10-21	www.flickr.com/registration/plan-selection	paid tier still advertises 'Unlimited storage... Full-res uploads with no monthly cap' (Pro only)

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "FREE TIER IS 1,000 ITEMS, NOT 1 TB. The famous 1 TB was killed on 2019-01-08. Free = 1,000 photos/videos total, of which max 50 may be non-public. Pro (paid) = unlimited storage, full-res, no monthly cap.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (8)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted