grpc resource_error ai_generated true

RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED: grpc: received message larger than max (5242880 vs. 4194304)

ID: grpc/grpc-message-too-large-client

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85%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
1Evidence
2023-05-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
gRPC v1.48.0 active — — —
gRPC v1.56.0 active — — —
gRPC v1.62.0 active — — —

Root Cause

Client received a gRPC response message that exceeds the configured max receive message size.

generic

中文

客户端接收到的 gRPC 响应消息超过了配置的最大接收消息大小。

Official Documentation

https://grpc.io/docs/guides/performance/#message-size

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Increase the client's max receive message size using grpc.max_receive_message_length option. Example in Python: channel = grpc.insecure_channel('localhost:50051', options=[('grpc.max_receive_message_length', 10 * 1024 * 1024)]) 
    Increase the client's max receive message size using grpc.max_receive_message_length option. Example in Python: channel = grpc.insecure_channel('localhost:50051', options=[('grpc.max_receive_message_length', 10 * 1024 * 1024)])
  2. 85% success Set the environment variable GRPC_MAX_RECEIVE_MESSAGE_LENGTH to a larger value (e.g., 10485760 for 10 MB) before starting the client process. 
    Set the environment variable GRPC_MAX_RECEIVE_MESSAGE_LENGTH to a larger value (e.g., 10485760 for 10 MB) before starting the client process.
  3. 75% success Refactor the RPC to use streaming responses or pagination to avoid sending large messages in a single response. 
    Refactor the RPC to use streaming responses or pagination to avoid sending large messages in a single response.

中文步骤

  1. Increase the client's max receive message size using grpc.max_receive_message_length option. Example in Python: channel = grpc.insecure_channel('localhost:50051', options=[('grpc.max_receive_message_length', 10 * 1024 * 1024)])
  2. Set the environment variable GRPC_MAX_RECEIVE_MESSAGE_LENGTH to a larger value (e.g., 10485760 for 10 MB) before starting the client process.
  3. Refactor the RPC to use streaming responses or pagination to avoid sending large messages in a single response.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 80% fail

    The error occurs on the client side; server-side changes alone don't fix client-side limits.

  2. 60% fail

    Compression may reduce size but doesn't guarantee it stays under the limit; also adds overhead.

  3. 95% fail

    The same large message will be received again unless the client limit is increased.