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The upload was too large

Error code request_too_large
Publishing a paste

The upload was too large

request_too_large

The request was bigger than pastebin.ca can accept in one publish attempt.

HTTP 413·Publishing a paste

What it means

What happened

The request was bigger than pastebin.ca can accept in one publish attempt.

Why

Why it might have happened

  • The paste content is over the site limit.
  • Extra browser or app data may have made the request larger than expected.
Next steps

What you can try

  1. Shorten the paste or split it into smaller pastes.
  2. Remove large generated output, attachments, or repeated lines.
  3. Try again after the content is below the size limit shown in the message.
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