# Reporting error Request-URI Too Long / Reporting error Bad Request **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-reporting\ **Created:** [December 9, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050 "2018-12-09T14:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jerzy\_Stopa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerzy_stopa/32/31842_2.png) [@Jerzy\_Stopa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerzy_Stopa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/1 "2018-12-09T14:44:12Z")
Hello, Elastic cloud 6.5.2 / Kibana 6.5.2 for some dashboards, when requesting PDF report I receive error: Reporting error Request-URI Too Long I didn't experience this before upgrading to 6.5 Dashboard is correctly rendered on screen. When switching to external Kibana server (elastic search on elastic cloud, kibana 6.5.2 installed on EC2 from rpm) I got : Reporting error Bad Request For other dashboards I get pdf without problems ---
**Author:** ![bryan\_stuhlsatz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bryan_stuhlsatz/32/49123_2.png) [@bryan\_stuhlsatz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bryan_stuhlsatz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/2 "2018-12-09T16:35:40Z")
I dont know if this will help or not. It definitely allows the IE browser lovers to use Kibana. IE does not support long URL's. Change the Kibana advanced setting of: state:storeInSessionStorage to "On" ---
**Author:** ![Jerzy\_Stopa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerzy_stopa/32/31842_2.png) [@Jerzy\_Stopa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerzy_Stopa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/3 "2018-12-09T21:04:00Z")
> [@bryan\_stuhlsatz](#): > > state:storeInSessionStorage I tested it and it didn't help. I am using chrome normally but the problems seems to be not browser related ---
**Author:** ![Jerzy\_Stopa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerzy_stopa/32/31842_2.png) [@Jerzy\_Stopa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerzy_Stopa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/4 "2018-12-12T16:47:28Z")
Elastic team please give any guidance what to do? ---
**Author:** ![Jerzy\_Stopa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerzy_stopa/32/31842_2.png) [@Jerzy\_Stopa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerzy_Stopa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/5 "2018-12-16T20:40:46Z")
Problem continues with 6.5.3. Only small dashboards are processed. Bad request for bigger, that worked fine in 6.4.x ---
**Author:** ![JohanRask](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johanrask/32/22713_2.png) [@JohanRask](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JohanRask)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/6 "2018-12-20T08:54:25Z")
Any news on this? We are seeing this in 6.5.1 and it is a blocker for us. ---
**Author:** ![Jerzy\_Stopa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerzy_stopa/32/31842_2.png) [@Jerzy\_Stopa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerzy_Stopa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/7 "2018-12-22T12:11:58Z")
> [@Jerzy\_Stopa](#): > > Reporting error Request-URI Too Long 6.5.4 same problem I issued bug in github: Reporting error Request-URI Too Long #27728 > > > \*\*Kibana version:\*\* > 6.5.2 to 6.5.4 > > \*\*Elasticsearch version:\*\* > 6.5.2 to 6.5.…4 > > \*\*Server OS version:\*\* > Elastic cloud > \*\*Browser version:\*\* > > \*\*Browser OS version:\*\* > > \*\*Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.):\*\* > > \*\*Describe the bug:\*\* > Generate pdf report in Kibana results in Reporting error Request-URI Too Long for medium size and big dashboars (message: Bad request for Kibana installed on own hosted server using yum) > Small reports work correctly > > \*\*Steps to reproduce:\*\* > 1. Open dashboard with several visualisation in it (~10 is enough) > 2. Choose shar/PDF report > 3. Click generate report > > \*\*Expected behavior:\*\* > report processing startes > \*\*Screenshots (if relevant):\*\* > > \*\*Errors in browser console (if relevant):\*\* > > \*\*Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant):\*\* > > \*\*Any additional context:\*\* > please see https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-error-request-uri-too-long-reporting-error-bad-request/160050/8 "2019-01-19T12:11:58Z")
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