413 api resource_error ai_generated true

GraphQL HTTP 413: Query payload too large

ID: api/graphql-http-413-payload-too-large-query

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80%Fix Rate

86%Confidence

1Evidence

2024-01-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

Version	Status	Introduced	Deprecated	Notes
Apollo Server 4.x	active	—	—	—
Express 4.18+	active	—	—	—
NGINX 1.24+	active	—	—	—
GraphQL Yoga 3.x	active	—	—	—
AWS API Gateway 2023+	active	—	—	—

Root Cause

GraphQL query or mutation body exceeds the HTTP request body size limit configured on the server (e.g., 1 MB default in Express/NGINX).

generic

中文

GraphQL 查询或变更主体超过了服务器配置的 HTTP 请求体大小限制（例如 Express/NGINX 中的默认 1 MB）。

Official Documentation

https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/performance/limits/#request-body-size

Workarounds

90% success Increase the body size limit in Express middleware: const express = require('express'); const app = express(); app.use(express.json({ limit: '10mb' })); // Increase to 10 MB If using Apollo Server with Express, apply this before the Apollo middleware.
```
Increase the body size limit in Express middleware:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.use(express.json({ limit: '10mb' })); // Increase to 10 MB
If using Apollo Server with Express, apply this before the Apollo middleware.
```
85% success If using NGINX as a reverse proxy, increase client_max_body_size in the server block: server { client_max_body_size 10m; ... }
```
If using NGINX as a reverse proxy, increase client_max_body_size in the server block:
server {
    client_max_body_size 10m;
    ...
}
```

中文步骤

Increase the body size limit in Express middleware:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.use(express.json({ limit: '10mb' })); // Increase to 10 MB
If using Apollo Server with Express, apply this before the Apollo middleware.

If using NGINX as a reverse proxy, increase client_max_body_size in the server block:
server {
    client_max_body_size 10m;
    ...
}

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

60% fail
The body size limit is checked before query parsing.
40% fail
GET requests have their own size limits (e.g., 8 KB for most servers) and are not suitable for large queries.