1 KB GZ sample file

A GZ file of exactly 1,024 bytes. It is a valid Gzip compressed file file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.

sample-gz-1kb.gz

1 KB1,024 bytes

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Type: application/gzip
SHA-256: beef202750f636b9b717ed82eb9a268c9dcbbf7d10d33d17ac6355bb27cc3c72
Direct URL: https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/gz/sample-gz-1kb.gz

What is in this file

One gzip member that expands to sample.log, 37 access-log lines (5,806 bytes). 59 bytes of text in the optional gzip header comment field bring the file to the exact size.

Compressed member	sample.log
Uncompressed size	5,806 bytes
Compression method	Deflate
Members	1
Original file name stored	Yes

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-gz-1kb.gz as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The GZ signature is 1F 8B 08.

00000000  1f 8b 08 18 00 b9 55 69 00 ff 73 61 6d 70 6c 65  |......Ui..sample|
00000010  2e 6c 6f 67 00 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 73 74 46  |.log.SampleTestF|
00000020  69 6c 65 73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 61 72 63 68  |iles sample arch|
00000030  69 76 65 2e 20 41 6c 69 67 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 70  |ive. Alignment p|

Preview

GZ files cannot be shown in a browser. Download the file and open it with gzip and gunzip.

Where 1 KB matters

The smallest practical test file: 1,024 bytes, small enough to travel in a single network packet. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Ethernet	1,500 bytes (typical MTU)	A 1 KB payload fits in one packet with its headers.
Browser cookies	4,096 bytes per cookie	1 KB is well inside the limit; the 5 KB sample is over it.

All 1 KB sample files

Use this file for

Smoke tests in CI that must run in milliseconds
Testing decompression of uploads and log archives
Checking Content-Encoding handling in HTTP clients

Testing notes for GZ

If a server sends a .gz file with Content-Encoding: gzip, the client transparently decompresses it and saves a file whose content does not match its name.
A small .gz can decompress to gigabytes. Stream and cap the output rather than inflating it into memory.

GZ format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-gz-1kb.gz
Format	GZ (Gzip compressed file)
Extension	.gz
MIME type	application/gzip
Size	1,024 bytes (1 KB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	1F 8B 08
SHA-256	beef202750f636b9b717ed82eb9a268c9dcbbf7d10d33d17ac6355bb27cc3c72
Created	2026-10-10
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
Preview	Not available for this format; details only
Source	Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Archives

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Download from the command line and verify

Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

curl -o sample-gz-1kb.gz 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/gz/sample-gz-1kb.gz'
sha256sum sample-gz-1kb.gz     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-gz-1kb.gz # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-gz-1kb.gz -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 1 KB?: Yes. It is 1,024 bytes, which is 1 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 1 KB GZ file?: One gzip member that expands to sample.log, 37 access-log lines (5,806 bytes). 59 bytes of text in the optional gzip header comment field bring the file to the exact size.
What do the sample .gz files decompress to?: A text file named sample.log containing web-server access log lines. The uncompressed size is shown on each download page.

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