# Logstash drop based on size

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-drop-based-on-size/275610>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-drop-based-on-size/275610 "2021-06-10T18:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcosta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mcosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mcosta)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-drop-based-on-size/275610/1 "2021-06-10T18:29:16Z")

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Hi all,

Is it possible to drop a message based on it's size (ex: above 1 MB)?

I'm reading from tcp port and writing into Kafka topic.  
All messages bigger then 1 MB give errors similar to this and then logstash retry to send  
it again, giving same error:

"producer send failed {:exception=\>Java::JavaUtilConcurrent::ExecutionException, :message=\>"org.apache.kafka.common.errors.RecordTooLargeException: The message is 8842365 bytes when serialized which is larger than the maximum request size you have configured with the max.request.size configuration."

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-drop-based-on-size/275610/2 "2021-06-10T18:39:11Z")

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Answered [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-to-kafka-server/197710/6).

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**Author:** ![mcosta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mcosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mcosta)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-drop-based-on-size/275610/3 "2021-06-11T21:11:12Z")

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Thank you for your prompt reply!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-drop-based-on-size/275610/4 "2021-07-09T21:11:22Z")

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