Files Overview
Files is Probe's remote file browser. It connects to SFTP, FTP / FTPS, S3 (and S3-compatible stores like MinIO, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi), and WebDAV servers, and lets you browse, upload, download, rename, delete, and change permissions — the way Cyberduck or Transmit does.
It lives inside the debugging proxy for a reason. When you're chasing a bug through an API, the answer is often in the files behind that API: the object an upload endpoint just wrote to S3, the config on the box serving the request, the asset a CDN is caching. Files puts that one keystroke away from the traffic you're already inspecting — no second app, no context switch.
Where it lives
Section titled “Where it lives”Files shares the same window as the rest of Probe. Two surfaces put it in reach:
- The sidebar CONNECTIONS section. The left sidebar has a three-way toggle — Traffic / API Client / Files. Switch it to Files (the folder icon) and the sidebar becomes a list of your saved servers. One click on a row connects (or focuses the tab if it's already open); the coloured dot shows connection state. An Open Connection button is pinned to the bottom.
- Connection tabs. Each open connection becomes a tab in the same unified tab bar that holds your capture sessions and Composer requests. Tabs are labelled
host — PROTOCOL(e.g.web-01.example.com — SFTP) with a state dot, so a browser session sits right beside the traffic it relates to.
Protocols at a glance
Section titled “Protocols at a glance”| Protocol | Typical use | Encrypted transport |
|---|---|---|
| SFTP | Shell servers, deploy boxes (SSH) | Yes |
| FTP | Legacy file servers | No |
| FTPS | FTP over TLS | Yes |
| S3 | AWS S3 and S3-compatible object stores (MinIO, R2, Wasabi) | Yes (HTTPS) |
| WebDAV | Nextcloud, ownCloud, generic DAV shares | Yes over HTTPS base URLs |
The status bar at the bottom of a browser tab shows a green lock badge whenever the connection reports an encrypted transport.
What you can do
Section titled “What you can do”- Browse with a sortable, resizable file table (Name, Size, Modified, Kind, Permissions), a clickable breadcrumb path bar, and back / up / refresh navigation — in a flat List view or a nested Tree view.
- Transfer files in either direction with a docked queue that shows per-file progress, speed, and pause / resume / cancel controls, plus drag-and-drop upload.
- Manage entries: new folder, rename, delete, change permissions (a read/write/execute grid that resolves to an octal mode), and a macOS "Get Info"-style file details panel.
- Edit in place: open a remote text file in your local editor; Probe downloads a working copy, watches it, and re-uploads on save.
- Automate: drive open connections from the REST API and MCP tools so an AI assistant can list, transfer, and tidy files as part of a larger task.