Help - 413 "Request Entity Too Large" Error When Editing Post

[Cataquack Warrior]

I was trying to edit a thread post I made a while back for a waifu catalog build, and I got the following message:


413 Request Entity Too Large

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nginx/1.14.1

I have been gradually expanding my build over time and adding new things, so I'm wondering if this is because of some sort of size limit to posts. In any case, though, I want to know the specifics of what is happening, since it means my edits can't be saved. Could someone please explain to me what is going on?

 

[alethiophile]

Try now.

 

[Cataquack Warrior]

Okay, I just tried it now, and it works, thanks! What exactly was the problem, out of curiosity?

 

[alethiophile]

The Web server was configured to reject payloads above a certain size. This isn't quite the same as the Xenforo post limit, but similar.

 

[Cataquack Warrior]

The Web server was configured to reject payloads above a certain size. This isn't quite the same as the Xenforo post limit, but similar.

Click to shrink...

Thanks for explaining. Does that mean the problem might happen for me in the future? What should I do if it happens again?

 

[alethiophile]

No, I've fixed the configuration so that the limit is much higher. It will still error out on some cases, but only for a really unreasonably large post which I doubt anyone would actually write out.