Tus

Major release: tus-js-client v3.0.0

tus is a protocol based on HTTP for resumable file uploads. Resumable here means that an interrupted upload can carry on without re-uploading already uploaded data again. An interruption may happen willingly, if the user wants to pause while switching to another workspace, or by accident in case of a network issue or server outage. When resumability is implemented with automatic retries, the user does not need to notice there was an interruption. Since HTTP/1.1 such a resumability is available for file downloads already but not for file uploads as tus offers.

Towards tus 2.0

Seven years ago, in November 2015, we announced the release of tus 1.0, the first major and stable version of our uploading protocol. In the past months, we have been actively working on the next steps for tus and wanted to share early details about tus 2.0.

Uploading files to Azure Storage using tusd

Today we are excited to announce that tusd is now also able to store uploaded files in the Azure Cloud Storage! Just like all tus servers, tusd’s role is to accept incoming uploads from the tus clients and then relay them to the underlying storage providers. For a long time has tusd already supported storing uploads locally on disk, on AWS S3 and Google’s Cloud Storage. Thanks to an incredible contribution from Ole-Martin Bratteng, this support has been expanded to also cover the Azure Cloud Storage!

Announcing the tus Advisory Group

Since the tus project began in 2013, countless contributors with various technical backgrounds have joined our mission and helped move the protocol forward. Many people have contributed their knowledge to tus over these years, some as front-end developers and server engineers, and others as security professionals or network administrators. This variety is of great importance as it allows us to look at problems from different angles and find the optimal solution for everyone involved. Furthermore, since we want the tus protocol to be available and usable for many applications, it’s essential to get feedback from as many people as possible.

Major release: tus-js-client v2.0.0

tus is a protocol based on HTTP for resumable file uploads. Resumable means that an upload can be interrupted at any moment and can be resumed without re-uploading the previous data again. An interruption may happen willingly, if the user wants to pause, or by accident in case of an network issue or server outage.

The tusd server hits v1.0.0

Today, we are thrilled to announce the v1.0.0 release of our tusd project, the official reference implementation for the tus protocol. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the version number, tusd has been production-ready and battle-tested for many years already.

React Native, Cordova and Browser Streams using tus-js-client 1.6

A bit less than two months ago we released version 1.6.0 of tus-js-client, our open-source tus implementation for JavaScript environments. Usually, we don’t write a blog post about a specific release but this one is very special to us for two reasons:

Adoption

We had a fun month as we learned that Git LFS supports our protocol for transmitting large files, and Clouflare uses it to power the uploading component of their new streaming product. The community on GitHub continues to thrive and we’re seeing issues raised and addressed on a daily basis.

How tus may help to save lives

Yes, oddly enough, this seems to be the case! A while ago, we noticed something really interesting on tus.io, our open protocol for resumable uploads: a comment from Jaroslaw Wasilewski mentioned that tus was being used to support firefighting rescue operations. Now that is exciting news!

tus 1.0 - Changing the future of file uploading

As time progresses, we share ever larger media files from our phones and desktops. More than often, however, complications arise during this process. Whether it is through servers misbehaving or mobile users switching to a WiFi connection, the outcome is the same: ‘upload interrupted’.

Project Status

We’re finalizing 1.0. Our project lead Marius Kleidl has been taking care of integrating a large batch of improvements that were made by Vimeo’s Naren Venkataraman and this team.

Protocol v1.0.0 Prerelease

More than a year ago the last release, 0.2.2 was published. Now the final 1.0 release is just around the corner introducing breaking changes and a lot of new features.

Protocol v0.2.2

Protocol v0.2.1

Protocol v0.2

After releasing our first draft a few weeks ago, we received an incredible amount of feedback and suggestions. Based on this feedback as well as discussing the problems with the IETF HTTPbis Working Group, we identified a few key issues with v0.1 of the protocol:

A protocol for resumable file uploads

With mobile devices becoming the dominant source of user generated media files, reliable file uploading through unreliable mobile networks has become an important issue for anybody interested in content acquisition.

Hello world

Hey everybody, we’re starting a new blog here to discuss file uploading, and the protocol we are working on. So keep an eye on this space!