Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.307,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear what this limit applies to or whether anything uses it yet.
What
Claude Code now accepts an optional max_message_bytes value in a settings object the server sends. It must be a positive whole number. If it is not, Claude Code ignores it.
Why
This gives the server a way to set a cap on message size.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear what this limit applies to or whether anything uses it yet.
