Extract text from Fiddler session archives (SAZ)
To convert SAZ session archives to another format, you need Fiddler or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Proxy Session Log Container" file type, you need software like Fiddler or a similar tool.
A .SAZ (Session Archive Zip) file is a web debugging session archive created by Fiddler, a popular web proxy tool developed by Progress Software. It captures and stores HTTP and HTTPS traffic data exchanged between a computer and the internet, including requests, responses, headers, and metadata.
The main disadvantage of the .SAZ format is its highly specialized nature. To a non-developer, these files are useless because they require Fiddler to be installed to read the interactive session timeline natively. Furthermore, .SAZ files can quickly exceed hundreds of megabytes if a user captures long browsing sessions containing heavy media payloads, making them frustrating to share via email. They also frequently contain highly sensitive session tokens and passwords stored in plain text.
Because the file is essentially a renamed ZIP archive containing structured raw text files, the best conversion targets are standard ZIP, TXT, or XML. By extracting the archive, you can isolate specific HTTP logs and share them without forcing the recipient to install proprietary proxy software. Converting complex, multi-request session states into a single flat document often means you lose Fiddler's interactive timeline and debugging UI.
Standard online converters fail to process this file because they do not recognize the Fiddler-specific metadata index. Because our analysis detects the supported underlying ZIP format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SAZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted HAR, ZIP, EX5, TXT, BTW, TMP, IWA, PAZ, PSARC and JMX files.
If you want to convert SAZ file to HAR, JMX, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX or PY, you can use Fiddler or similar software from the "Web Debugging Session Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to SAZ, try Fiddler or another comparable tool in the "Web Debugging Session Archive" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SAZ converter.