# Scripts may be no longer than 16384 characters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-may-be-no-longer-than-16384-characters/158178>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 26, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-may-be-no-longer-than-16384-characters/158178 "2018-11-26T12:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![bfcshop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@bfcshop](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bfcshop)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripts-may-be-no-longer-than-16384-characters/158178/3 "2018-11-27T09:09:10Z")

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