50 MB YAML sample

A YAML file of exactly 52,428,800 bytes. It is a valid YAML Ain't Markup Language file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 50 MB sample, test or dummy YAML file.

sample-yaml-50mb.yaml

50 MB52,428,800 bytes

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Type: application/yaml
SHA-256: 83d96331c8ce7b7d0a6103c2853c4de4ee371fddfd051d36dbcc722f2ab32f86
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What is in this file

One YAML document with a "records" sequence of 213,826 mappings, each with strings, numbers, booleans, a date, a flow sequence and a nested mapping. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.

Records	213,826
Documents	1
YAML version	1.2 compatible
Indentation	2 spaces
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-yaml-50mb.yaml, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  23 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65  54 65 73 74 46 69 6c 65 |# SampleTestFile|
00000010  73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65  20 59 41 4d 4c 20 66 69 |s sample YAML fi|
00000020  6c 65 20 28 35 30 20 4d  42 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 0a 67 |le (50 MB).---.g|
00000030  65 6e 65 72 61 74 6f 72  3a 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 |enerator: Sample|

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Where 50 MB matters

A 52,428,800-byte file: exactly the size at which Git hosting on GitHub starts warning about large files, and about the limit for a zipped AWS Lambda package uploaded directly.

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Use this file for

Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
Testing converters between YAML and JSON
Testing configuration loaders and linters

Testing notes for YAML

Unquoted values are typed by guesswork. In YAML 1.1 parsers the country code NO becomes false, and a version such as 1.10 becomes the number 1.1.
Loading untrusted YAML with a full loader can construct arbitrary objects in some libraries; always use the safe loader.

YAML format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-yaml-50mb.yaml
Format	YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)
Extension	.yaml
MIME type	application/yaml
Size	52,428,800 bytes (50 MB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	83d96331c8ce7b7d0a6103c2853c4de4ee371fddfd051d36dbcc722f2ab32f86
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	Configuration

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 50 MB?: Yes. It is 52,428,800 bytes, which is 50 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 50 MB YAML file?: One YAML document with a "records" sequence of 213,826 mappings, each with strings, numbers, booleans, a date, a flow sequence and a nested mapping. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
Are the samples a single YAML document?: Yes. Each file is one document with a top-level mapping and a sequence of records.

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