# payload_too_large

> The request body is too large. The request body or upload is bigger than this endpoint accepts.

**The request body is too large.** The request body or upload is bigger than this endpoint accepts.

- **HTTP status:** `413 Content Too Large`
- **CLI exit code:** `2` (the request or file is not valid)
- **Retry:** not as it is; the same request will fail the same way until the cause is fixed

## How to fix it

Keep bodies under {limit_bytes} bytes; upload source with POST /v1/projects/{project}/uploads.

Words in `{braces}` are filled in from the error response, which names the exact resource.

## What the response looks like

```json
{
  "type": "https://guv.dev/errors/payload_too_large",
  "title": "The request body is too large",
  "status": 413,
  "code": "payload_too_large",
  "detail": "The request body or upload is bigger than this endpoint accepts.",
  "fix": "Keep bodies under {limit_bytes} bytes; upload source with POST /v1/projects/{project}/uploads.",
  "docs_url": "https://guv.dev/errors/payload_too_large",
  "request_id": "req_01jbx2m9k7q4r8t5v6w3y0z1rq"
}
```

The `code` field is stable: match on it, not on `title` or `detail`, which may be reworded.