Reference

payload_too_large

The uploaded body exceeds the limit for this endpoint.

413HTTP 413 · Payload Too Large

What it means

The uploaded body exceeds the limit for this endpoint.

Retry after fixing

Retrying unchanged will not help. Correct the cause, then send it again.

What causes it

  • A source document is larger than the per-file ceiling.
  • A batch call carried more items than the endpoint accepts at once.

How to fix it

  • Split the upload. Knowledge ingestion is designed for many small sources rather than one large one, and retrieval quality is better for it.
  • Check the current limits in the API reference — they are per-endpoint, not global.

What the response looks like

413 application/problem+json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "payload_too_large",
    "message": "The uploaded body exceeds the limit for this endpoint",
    "request_id": "7cb7f7862a82425d8e4c3fb8a497dfe6"
  },
  "type": "https://integrable.cloud/docs/errors/payload_too_large",
  "title": "Payload Too Large",
  "status": 413,
  "detail": "The uploaded body exceeds the limit for this endpoint",
  "instance": "/api/bots/01a0652b-3713-7ea1-a6c9-2e895389ec34"
}

Branch on error.code, not on the message — the code is stable, the sentence is not. Log request_id either way.

Still stuck

Quote the request_id from the response — hello@integrable.cloud. It is what lets us find the exact request. The full list of codes is at Error codes, and the conventions every endpoint shares are in Retries, versioning and limits.

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