Subject: Re: 30 year TIPS has highest yield in 24 years
"That is not correct. You cannot sell them within the first year, true, but you can sell them at any time after that. If you do so within a 5 year window you lose the previous 3 months of interest, which is a not-very-high penalty if you really want to get out."

You are correct. Heck, a few years back, I personally sold an I-Bond before it's maturity date,lol, totally slipped my mind. So that google search I used gave a wrong answer, thanks
for pointing that out to me.