# max\_payload

Aliases:

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`max_pay`

Hot Reloadable

Re-applied to already-connected clients. The per-client value is reset to unlimited first, so raising the limit works as well as lowering it; the effective value is min(account limit, server max\_payload).

The maximum payload size allowed for messages.

## Types

| Type      | Description | Choices |
| --------- | ----------- | ------- |
| `integer` | -           | -       |