5 KB YAML sample
A YAML file of exactly 5,120 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 5 KB sample, test or dummy YAML file.
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sample-yaml-5kb.yaml
5 KB5,120 bytes
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- Type
- application/yaml
- SHA-256
05a7088ca7454d2f2dfa5fa9f2e3e45006e22b286ed344f21285adf676eba506- Delivery
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What is in this file
One YAML document with a "records" sequence of 19 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 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 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-5kb.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 20 4b 42 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 0a 67 65 |le (5 KB).---.ge|
00000030 6e 65 72 61 74 6f 72 3a 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 |nerator: SampleT|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 configuration loaders and linters
- Checking CI pipeline tooling
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.
Technical details
| File name | sample-yaml-5kb.yaml |
|---|---|
| Format | YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) |
| Extension | .yaml |
| MIME type | application/yaml |
| Size | 5,120 bytes (5 KB) |
| Kind | Text |
| SHA-256 | 05a7088ca7454d2f2dfa5fa9f2e3e45006e22b286ed344f21285adf676eba506 |
| 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 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 YAML file?
- One YAML document with a "records" sequence of 19 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.