Payload Limit Plugin

The Payload Limit plugin protects your backends from “Denial of Service” attacks that attempt to saturate your resources by sending excessively large request bodies.

⚙️ Configuration

The plugin is typically enabled for routes that accept user-uploaded data.

- urn: "urn:crate:plugin:payload-limit"
  name: "limit-uploads"
  type: "request_filter"
  active: true
  config:
    max_bytes: 10485760 # 10MB

Field Definitions

Field	Type	Description
`max_bytes`	int	The maximum allowed size of the request body in bytes.

[!NOTE] If a request exceeds this limit, Crate will instantly reject it with a 413 Request Entity Too Large error.

🚀 Examples

1. Limit Single File Uploads

config:
  max_bytes: 5242880 # 5MB

2. Strict API Limit

config:
  max_bytes: 102400 # 100KB