mongodb data_error ai_generated true

MongoServerError: BSONObj size exceeds 16MB limit

ID: mongodb/max-bson-size

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85%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

Document exceeds 16MB BSON size limit.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Use GridFS for large binary data
  2. 88% success Normalize data: split large arrays into separate collection with references

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Increase BSON limit 95% fail

    Not configurable in MongoDB

  2. Compress document contents 72% fail

    Still exceeds limit after decompression for queries