How long does jsFiddle host your code for?

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I have been using jsFiddle to assist in helping answer questions around Stack Overflow, and some of the old code/scripts have started disappearing - seems like it expires after a certain length of inactivity.

I tried looking at the jsFiddle documentation, and searching Google, but couldn't find any info on how long they store the scripts for.

Does anyone happen to know how long jsFiddle hosts your code for?

Ask on their [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/jsfiddle) — Greg, Nov 18 '11 at 07:09
[My oldest fiddle](http://jsfiddle.net/BoltClock/xDHr2) just turned a year old and is still available. So there's a benchmark for you... — BoltClock, Nov 18 '11 at 21:24
It's a lot longer than a month. I have some that are close to a year old. — Sparky, Nov 18 '11 at 21:25
I think that it must be based on if you have an account or not? — markasoftware, Mar 12 '13 at 00:27
Just lost a script that I had been working on for barely 10 minutes. This is not a service I'm going to recommend, based on everything I'm seeing here. — HoldOffHunger, Sep 02 '16 at 18:18

score 48 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 24 '13 at 09:15

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According to the developer (via twitter tweet 1 & tweet 2):

Until beta, all fiddles are stored permanently. And, currently, they live forever.

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answered Nov 19 '11 at 01:55

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That said, we're still thinking about making fiddles live forever after beta hits. We're probably going to store them till the end of time. – Oskar Krawczyk Nov 21 '11 at 09:37
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@OskarKrawczyk for some reason all fiddles [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/13681917/447356) are gone, is this because the user deleted his jsfiddle account? Other jsfiddle stored scripts appear to be intact even older so it's not matter of time.. – Shadow The GPT Wizard Apr 24 '13 at 06:45
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@ShadowWizard The only fiddles that will be kept indefinitely the ones created anonymously. We currently have no option to remove an account so those fiddles are gone because they were actively deleted by the owner. His public fiddles: http://jsfiddle.net/user/hashie5/fiddles/ – Oskar Krawczyk Apr 24 '13 at 10:19
@OskarKrawczyk thanks, wasn't aware one can manually delete his fiddles. – Shadow The GPT Wizard Apr 24 '13 at 10:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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See complains about availability of JS Fiddle at:

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/149890/prevent-posts-with-links-to-jsfiddle-and-no-code

Today my weekly old fiddles are dead (from question Align to right "left triangle" in menu element).

Any service have maintenance cost. So you can't have any guarantee unless you make agreement with service provider.

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This was a DDOS attack, look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25179964/my-jsfiddle-page-returns-404-registration-required/25181020#25181020 – Spencer Wieczorek Aug 07 '14 at 11:14

How long does jsFiddle host your code for?

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