file.io

file.io · Storage · 3 records · JSON

File.io Storagefails: quotainstitutionno cardRper-ip-shapingdisagrees
file.io (now limewire) Storagefails: quotaemail?card?Rdisagrees
file.io (documented api path) Storagedeademail?card?Rdisagrees

File.io Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardRper-ip-shapingdisagrees

file.io · anonymous-dump · storage/file-io · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

verdict: storage/file-io says fails-quota, storage/file-io-2 says dead
identity_kind: storage/file-io says institution, storage/file-io-2 says email
identity_kind: storage/file-io says institution, storage/file-io-3 says email

Free tier	no account; 4 GB per transfer ('file transfers are limited to a total of 4 GB') unit GB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	4 GB/transfer; default 14-day expiry, override with ?expires=N[day\|w\|M\|y]; file is DELETED after the first download ('after it is downloaded, the file is completely deleted'). (14 days)
Egress	unmetered direct link, but files self-destruct on first download
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: ited to a total of 4 GB') Docs still describe a working API, but both the apex and www return 301/405 today. The 405 comes from an object-store front end, so the API has been re-p
Limits	per-ip-shaping transfer ('file transfers are limited to a total of 4 GB') 4 GB/transfer source 4 GB/transfer; default 14-day expiry, override with ?expires=N[day\|w\|M\|y]; file is DELETED after the first download ('after it is downloaded, the file is completely deleted').
Binding	per-ip-shaping one stream is shaped, and a user's throughput is the shaped rate times the number of streams
Interface	rest rest
Tooling	documented REST: curl -F 'file=@x' https://file.io/?expires=1w -> {"success":true,"link":...,"expiry":"7 days"}
Composes with	none — one-download-then-delete semantics make it anti-storage by design.
Reliability	Docs still describe a working API, but both the apex and www return 301/405 today. The 405 comes from an object-store front end, so the API has been re-plumbed and the documented POST is stale. Would need browser/session cookies to find the new path.
Notes	no account; 4 GB per transfer ('file transfers are limited to a total of 4 GB')
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-ip-shaping 4.0 GB

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.file.io/about	'file transfers are limited to a total of 4 GB', expires syntax, sample JSON responses
2026-10-21	file.io/	probe: POST -> 301; POST https://www.file.io/ -> 405 MethodNotAllowed (ResourceType: OBJECT)

More fields (2)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "no account; 4 GB per transfer ('file transfers are limited to a total of 4 GB')",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 },
 "probe_in_seed": "POST https://file.io/ -> 301 to https://www.file.io/; POST https://www.file.io/ -> 405 MethodNotAllowed from an S3-style backend ('ResourceType: OBJECT'). The documented endpoint no longer accepts uploads from for a user. Upload path FAILED."
}

Unknown or withheld values (5)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted

file.io (now limewire) Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?Rdisagrees

www.file.io/plans · rejected-provider · storage/file-io-3 · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

identity_kind: storage/file-io says institution, storage/file-io-3 says email
verdict: storage/file-io-2 says dead, storage/file-io-3 says fails-quota

Free tier	file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
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	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t
Notes	file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.file.io/plans	file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t
2026-10-21	limewire.com/pricing	cited as the basis of the rejection: file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t
2026-10-21	www.file.io/developers	cited as the basis of the rejection: file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "retention",
  "why": "file.io redirects into LimeWire. Free plan is 40 GB storage with a 4 GB upload cap and files expire after 3 days; 20 downloads per file per day. Retention makes it unusable as storage, and t",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded

file.io (documented api path) Storage

deademail?card?Rdisagrees

www.file.io/ · rejected-provider · storage/file-io-2 · JSON · compare

Sibling records disagree:

verdict: storage/file-io says fails-quota, storage/file-io-2 says dead
identity_kind: storage/file-io says institution, storage/file-io-2 says email
verdict: storage/file-io-2 says dead, storage/file-io-3 says fails-quota

Free tier	The REST flow printed in its own /about page no longer works: POST to both file.io and www.file.io returns 405 MethodNotAllowed from an S3-style object store. Listed as a dead end for the do unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
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	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	The REST flow printed in its own /about page no longer works: POST to both file.io and www.file.io returns 405 MethodNotAllowed from an S3-style object store. Listed as a dead end for the do
Notes	The REST flow printed in its own /about page no longer works: POST to both file.io and www.file.io returns 405 MethodNotAllowed from an S3-style object store. Listed as a dead end for the do
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.file.io/	The REST flow printed in its own /about page no longer works: POST to both file.io and www.file.io returns 405 MethodNotAllowed from an S3-style object store. Listed as a dead end for the do

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "dead-service",
  "why": "The REST flow printed in its own /about page no longer works: POST to both file.io and www.file.io returns 405 MethodNotAllowed from an S3-style object store. Listed as a dead end for the do",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded