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Download expires

A status showing that a downloadable item is available for download only until a specified time, after which it is no longer available for download.

In plain English

This means there is a limited time to get the file. The item can be downloaded up to a stated deadline. After that time, it is no longer available to download.

In context

Here, it warns that the export download is available only until the stated time and will not be available for download after that.

Situation
Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
What it communicates
warns about the availability window for an export download

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not state the reason for the time limit.

Examples

“The download expires at 6 p.m., so Marta saved the file before leaving work.”

Core meaning

“Please retrieve the export tonight; the download expires tomorrow morning.”

In context

  • availability status Broader Term

    This is a kind of availability status for a downloadable item.

  • download expired Contrast

    Both involve a download time limit, but this status means the item is still available until the deadline, while the other means it is no longer available.