5 KB ICS sample
An ICS file of exactly 5,120 bytes. It is a valid iCalendar file file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 5 KB sample, test or dummy ICS file.
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sample-ics-5kb.ics
5 KB5,120 bytes
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- Type
- text/calendar
- SHA-256
f98efc4a5332bc561db272041753463c039a86d0c4d0ffe9230ee32d0ec35787- Delivery
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What is in this file
A VCALENDAR with 13 one-hour events, each with a UID, start and end in UTC, a summary, a folded description and an escaped location. Extension properties (X-FIXTURE-PAD), which calendar programs ignore, bring the file to the exact size.
| Events | 13 |
|---|---|
| Version | iCalendar 2.0 (RFC 5545) |
| Time zone | UTC |
| Line endings | CRLF, folded at 75 octets |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (ASCII characters only) |
How the file begins
The opening lines of sample-ics-5kb.ics, exactly as they appear in the file.
00000000 42 45 47 49 4e 3a 56 43 41 4c 45 4e 44 41 52 0d |BEGIN:VCALENDAR.|
00000010 0a 56 45 52 53 49 4f 4e 3a 32 2e 30 0d 0a 50 52 |.VERSION:2.0..PR|
00000020 4f 44 49 44 3a 2d 2f 2f 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 |ODID:-//SampleTe|
00000030 73 74 46 69 6c 65 73 2f 2f 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 |stFiles//Sample |Preview
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Where 5 KB matters
A 5,120-byte file: larger than a cookie, smaller than a typical HTTP header limit. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Browser cookies | 4,096 bytes per cookie | 5 KB does not fit in one cookie. |
| Vite asset inlining | 4 KB by default (assetsInlineLimit) | A 5 KB asset is emitted as a separate file rather than inlined as base64. |
| nginx and Apache request headers | 8 KB per header line by default | 5 KB fits; the 10 KB sample does not. |
Use this file for
- Smoke tests in CI that must run in milliseconds
- Testing calendar import and subscription
- Checking time-zone handling
Testing notes for ICS
- Time zones and recurrence rules are where calendar software fails. The samples use UTC and non-recurring events, so they work as a known-good baseline.
- Importing the same UID twice should update an event, not duplicate it.
Technical details
| File name | sample-ics-5kb.ics |
|---|---|
| Format | ICS (iCalendar file) |
| Extension | .ics |
| MIME type | text/calendar |
| Size | 5,120 bytes (5 KB) |
| Kind | Text |
| SHA-256 | f98efc4a5332bc561db272041753463c039a86d0c4d0ffe9230ee32d0ec35787 |
| Created | 2026-10-23 |
| Validation | See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility. |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Email & Calendar |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 5 KB?
- Yes. It is 5,120 bytes, which is 5 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 5,120 bytes).
- What is inside the 5 KB ICS file?
- A VCALENDAR with 13 one-hour events, each with a UID, start and end in UTC, a summary, a folded description and an escaped location. Extension properties (X-FIXTURE-PAD), which calendar programs ignore, bring the file to the exact size.
- Do the events repeat?
- No. Each event is a single one-hour meeting in UTC with its own UID.