From 606e34ec81e8c7ad1491a0fda5031f75d5d74713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bavisetti Narayan <72156168+NarayanBavisetti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:21:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [WIKI-730] chore: handle body too large error (#7963)

* chore: added middleware to handle body too large

* chore: added middleware to handle body too large

* chore: indentend the code

* chore: changed the response structure

* chore: changed the response structure

* chore: created a new file for middleware

* chore: added a standardized error key
---
 apps/api/plane/middleware/logger.py           |  1 -
 .../api/plane/middleware/request_body_size.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 apps/api/plane/settings/common.py             |  1 +
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/api/plane/middleware/request_body_size.py

diff --git a/apps/api/plane/middleware/logger.py b/apps/api/plane/middleware/logger.py
index 62f868476..d513ee3e3 100644
--- a/apps/api/plane/middleware/logger.py
+++ b/apps/api/plane/middleware/logger.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from rest_framework.request import Request
 from plane.utils.ip_address import get_client_ip
 from plane.db.models import APIActivityLog
 
-
 api_logger = logging.getLogger("plane.api.request")
 
 
diff --git a/apps/api/plane/middleware/request_body_size.py b/apps/api/plane/middleware/request_body_size.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9807c5715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/plane/middleware/request_body_size.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from django.core.exceptions import RequestDataTooBig
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+
+
+class RequestBodySizeLimitMiddleware:
+    """
+    Middleware to catch RequestDataTooBig exceptions and return
+    413 Request Entity Too Large instead of 400 Bad Request.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        try:
+            _ = request.body
+        except RequestDataTooBig:
+            return JsonResponse(
+                {
+                    "error": "REQUEST_BODY_TOO_LARGE",
+                    "detail": "The size of the request body exceeds the maximum allowed size.",
+                },
+                status=413,
+            )
+
+        # If body size is OK, continue with the request
+        return self.get_response(request)
diff --git a/apps/api/plane/settings/common.py b/apps/api/plane/settings/common.py
index 44a4d0d39..e8eb77e3b 100644
--- a/apps/api/plane/settings/common.py
+++ b/apps/api/plane/settings/common.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
     "crum.CurrentRequestUserMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware",
+    "plane.middleware.request_body_size.RequestBodySizeLimitMiddleware",
     "plane.middleware.logger.APITokenLogMiddleware",
     "plane.middleware.logger.RequestLoggerMiddleware",
 ]