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HTTP 413 Payload Too Large — What It Means

What HTTP status code 413 Payload Too Large means, when servers return it, and how to handle it correctly.

Published September 24, 2026

HTTP 413 Payload Too Large — The request body exceeds the server's size limits.

Key points

  • Common when uploading a file larger than the configured maximum
  • The server may include a Retry-After header if the limit is temporary
  • Check both the application's and the web server's (Nginx/Apache) upload size limits
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