ZIP Sample File for Storage Quota Testing

Exercise archive upload ceilings, extraction quotas, and retention policies with real large ZIP fixtures instead of padded blobs.

Recommended Starter File

Filename zip_sample_file_250MB.zip
Size 250.0 MB
MIME application/zip
SHA256 cb49c9bf7cb22b210b82e675394925587ecdd1bf3016efc336f32ba2e386f13b

Validation Checklist

  • Test admission and rejection paths at the exact archive sizes your quota rules care about.
  • Compare compressed upload size with extracted footprint before committing storage.
  • Verify cleanup and retry behavior when quota or disk-space checks fail mid-workflow.

Additional ZIP Fixtures

Filename Size MIME Download
zip_sample_file_100MB.zip 100.0 MB application/zip Download
zip_sample_file_50MB.zip 50.0 MB application/zip Download
zip_upload_validation_pack.zip 997 B application/zip Download

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