{"version":"2.1.307","anchor":"max-message-bytes-in-a-server-provided-config-schema","canonical_anchor":"max-message-bytes-in-a-server-provided-config-schema","heading":"Server settings can now include a maximum message size","tier":"internal","area":"Sessions","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.307\/e\/max-message-bytes-in-a-server-provided-config-schema","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.307","markdown":"### Server settings can now include a maximum message size\n\nA settings object sent by the server can now include a maximum message size, which is ignored when the value is not valid\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what this limit applies to or whether anything uses it yet.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude 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.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis gives the server a way to set a cap on message size.\n\n- Area: Sessions\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}