View limit.
The counter on every note. You decide how many times it can be fetched before it stops existing.
A view limit is a per-note allowance of reads, from 1 to 100. Each Reveal in the viewer fetches the sealed note and increments the count; the fetch that reaches the limit also deletes the ciphertext, atomically.
What it is
One view suits a secret meant for one person's eyes. A handful of views forgives a dropped connection or a re-read. A hundred serves a small group reading the same door code. The limit turns "who might see this eventually" into a number you chose.
Why it matters
The count is enforced where the data lives — in the database transaction that serves the ciphertext — so two simultaneous readers can't stretch a one-view note into two. Your Sent tab shows views used, live.
Related terms
Common questions.
What counts as a view?
A fetch of the sealed note when someone taps Reveal. Loading the viewer page itself does not consume a view, and neither do wrong passphrase guesses — those fail locally in the browser.
What happens on the last view?
The recipient gets the note; the server deletes the ciphertext in the same transaction. From then on the link answers exactly like a note that never existed.
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