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• buffer_max_size: default is now 64 MiB instead of 4M
• add http_server.max_decoded_body_size and protobuf_decode_max_size
• add request size limits section: protocol overhead, 413 and gRPC
  status responses, decode budget checked before ingestion, logs
  conversion limit, decimal units
• gRPC message size limit now follows buffer_max_size instead of a
  fixed 16 MiB
• documents in_opentelemetry: bound OTLP decoding allocations fluent-bit#12705

Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell eric@schabell.org

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• Documentation
  • Clarified the 64 MiB OTLP request-payload limit and documented HTTP body-size and Protocol Buffers decode limits.
  • Added guidance on request rejection, decompression, decode-budget checks, failure statuses, and decimal size units.
  • Updated the gRPC message limit for version 5.2 and later; earlier versions retain the 16 MiB limit.
  • Documented deferred-ingress queue limits.

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The OpenTelemetry input documentation now describes request-size settings, Protocol Buffers decode limits, deferred-ingress queue limits, and gRPC message limits by version.

Changes: OpenTelemetry request limits

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document request and message size limits pipeline/inputs/opentelemetry.md	The configuration table documents a 64 MiB buffer_max_size, decoded-body and Protocol Buffers limits, and deferred-ingress queue limits. The request guidance describes rejection conditions and statuses, decimal size units, and the gRPC limit change in v5.2. Earlier versions retain the 16 MiB gRPC limit.

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review 5b5ed

The documentation has bounded configuration and troubleshooting ambiguities, including an overbroad error-message guarantee and raw-trace description. These warrant small clarifications but do not indicate a runtime regression; merging carries low risk.

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Review comments at @pipeline/inputs/opentelemetry.md:
- Line 123: Update the raw_traces description to clarify that protobuf requests
still undergo preflight validation and are decoded by the trace handler rather
than forwarded as raw logs, while preserving the distinct behavior for JSON
payloads.
- Line 29: The configuration table identifies only buffer_max_size; update the
entry to name http_server.buffer_max_size as the preferred setting and label
buffer_max_size as its compatibility alias, preserving the existing description
and default.
- Line 121: Qualify the response-message guarantee in the buffer_max_size
documentation: state that the “OTLP request size exceeds limit” message applies
only when the request reaches the plugin, and distinguish listener-level 413
responses, which may have an empty body and close the connection.

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