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Documented http_server.max_decoded_body_size for HTTP, Elasticsearch, Prometheus remote-write, and Splunk inputs. It limits request-body size after decompression independently of buffer_max_size; the documented default is 100M, and setting it to 0 selects that default.
Clarified supported compression encodings and version-specific behavior, including HTTP/2 requirements in versions 3.0.0–4.x.
Added details on decompressed-body limits, rejection responses for oversized or invalid requests, and the order of OAuth token validation and decompression, including the health-endpoint exception.
The documentation distinguishes received-request buffer limits from decompressed-body limits. It describes supported encodings, version-specific decompression behavior, rejection statuses, and OAuth validation order. Four input pages document the decoded-body setting.
Changes: Decoded request body documentation
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Shared limits and decompression guidance administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/pipeline-section.md, pipeline/inputs/http.md
Documents request-buffer and decoded-body limits, supported encodings, version-specific behavior, rejection statuses, and OAuth validation order.
fluent/fluent-bit-docs#2831: Documents the decoded-body setting for the OpenTelemetry input, including its default and rejection statuses.
Suggested reviewers:esmerel, edsiper
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 13769
Correct the version-specific decompression and authentication guidance before merging: operators could otherwise rely on protections unavailable in their release. The remaining default and health-endpoint contradictions should also be reconciled. This PR changes documentation, not runtime behavior.
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@administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/pipeline-section.md:
- Line 171: Update the http_server.max_decoded_body_size table description to
state that setting it to 0 selects 100M, including for the opentelemetry input;
clarify that the input’s different default applies when the setting is omitted.
- Line 171: Update the `http_server.max_decoded_body_size` description to state
that the OpenTelemetry HTTP input is also constrained by `buffer_max_size` after
decompression, so a decompressed body larger than that buffer is rejected even
when the decoded-size cap is higher. Add the same clarification on the
OpenTelemetry page, and leave the separate gRPC message limits unchanged.
- Line 201: Update the authentication guarantee in the `oauth2.validate`
documentation to note that, when `enable_health_endpoint` is enabled, an
unauthenticated HTTP/2 `GET /health` request may reach gzip decompression
without token validation. Preserve the existing decoded-size-limit statement and
clarify that decompression can still consume CPU and memory.
- Line 191: The OpenTelemetry defaults conflict: the prose gives an unset
request-size limit of 64 MiB, while the OpenTelemetry table lists
`buffer_max_size` as `4M`. Verify the version-specific default and reconcile the
OpenTelemetry and shared listener tables, keeping the decoded-body limit
explanation consistent with that default.
Review comments at @pipeline/inputs/http.md:
- Line 56: Update the HTTP input plugin description to state the minimum
supported Fluent Bit version separately for zstd and snappy request-body
decompression. Verify each version against the implementation or release history
before documenting it; do not imply either codec is supported in v2.2.1 unless
confirmed.
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- Line 201: Update the OAuth decompression description to distinguish v5.0.0
from releases that validate tokens before decompressing. State that v5.0.0
decompresses gzip bodies first, so unauthenticated requests can consume
decompression resources, and identify which releases validate first; establish
the correct release boundary before documenting it.
- Line 201: Update the shared OAuth2 guidance to qualify token validation for
HTTP input requests: when enable_health_endpoint is enabled, GET /health is
exempt from authentication even if oauth2.validate is enabled. Reconcile the
HTTP input page’s unconditional claim that every request is validated,
preserving the guidance that other requests are validated before decompression.
- Line 189: Qualify the Content-Encoding decompression statement by Fluent Bit
version and http2 setting, noting that 3.0.0 does not decompress zstd or snappy
requests when http2 is disabled. Check and update the HTTP input page’s version
range to accurately reflect that the legacy handler supports both encodings by
4.0.0, while preserving the existing buffer-size descriptions.
- Line 170: Update the OpenTelemetry input table’s buffer_max_size default to 64
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- pipeline-section: add http_server.max_decoded_body_size to the
shared HTTP listener table; add request body decompression section
(gzip, zstd, snappy; 413, 503, 400 responses; deflate now rejected;
oauth2 token checked before decompression; opentelemetry default)
- http, splunk, elasticsearch, prometheus-remote-write: add the
http_server.max_decoded_body_size row
- http: list zstd and snappy, link the decompression section
- documents fluent/fluent-bit#12568, fluent/fluent-bit#12581 and
fluent/fluent-bit#12705
- pipeline-section: 0 selects 100M for every input; opentelemetry's
default applies only when the key is unset; opentelemetry also
enforces buffer_max_size after decompression; note its 64 MiB
buffer_max_size default; GET /health exemption from token checks
- http: zstd and snappy decompression since 3.0.0 with http2 on,
and since 5.0 regardless of http2
- pipeline-section: shared decompression of gzip, zstd and snappy
applies in v5.0 or later regardless of http2; tokens are validated
before decompression in v5.2, after it in v5.0 and v5.1; note the
GET /health exemption
- http: zstd and snappy need http2 in v3.x only; every request is
validated except GET /health with enable_health_endpoint
Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell <eric@schabell.org>
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shared HTTP listener table; add request body decompression section
(gzip, zstd, snappy; 413, 503, 400 responses; deflate now rejected;
oauth2 token checked before decompression; opentelemetry default)
http_server.max_decoded_body_size row
in_opentelemetry: bound OTLP decoding allocations fluent-bit#12705
Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell eric@schabell.org
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http_server.max_decoded_body_sizefor HTTP, Elasticsearch, Prometheus remote-write, and Splunk inputs. It limits request-body size after decompression independently ofbuffer_max_size; the documented default is100M, and setting it to0selects that default.