ULIDs are compact, URL-safe, lexicographically sortable identifiers with a 48-bit timestamp and 80 bits of randomness. They are useful for logs, event streams, database records, filenames, and distributed systems that benefit from time-sortable IDs.
Monotonic mode keeps IDs ordered when several are created in the same millisecond. Paste a ULID to inspect its timestamp and random component before debugging ordering, imports, or generated records.
A standard ULID is a 26-character Crockford Base32 value. Sorting valid ULID strings groups records by their embedded creation time, but clocks from different machines can still move backward or disagree. Monotonic generation improves ordering only for IDs produced together in the same browser session.
Because the timestamp can be decoded, a ULID is an identifier rather than a secret. Do not use one by itself as an access token or assume that it hides when a record was created.
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