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How Do I Modify message.max.bytes?

message.max.bytes can be modified on the Instance > Parameters page on the Kafka console. For details, see Modifying Kafka Instance Configuration Parameters.

The maximum value of message.max.bytes is 10,485,760 bytes. If a single message is larger than this size, compress the message with algorithms or split it in the service logic.

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